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#nycparks

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Caramelized Shallots

I know everyone is focused on national politics at the moment, but for those in #NYC who are concerned about #NYCParks budget being chiseled away year after year and the subsequent effects on the quality of life, here is a way to make your voice heard directly to the City Council.

Get out to City Hall on March 17. This is both a #rally and a chance to speak at a budget hearing

eventbrite.com/e/play-fair-for

#NYPol

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EventbritePlay Fair for Parks Rally & Preliminary Budget HearingLet’s remind City Hall that parks are essential infrastructure—not a luxury. Play Fair for Parks!
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legraLeGra

My office hvac is broke. So I am remotely working from the #nyc greenways summit part of my day.

Oh the joy of having the #NYCparks employee literally running from me because they don’t have a plan to fix the #HudsonRiverGreenway which succumbed to years of neglect and extreme rain and now has collapsed in a section.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/08/23

#bikeNYC #NYCbike

Now I bike on the #HarlemRiverGreenway — it isn’t far behind in collapsing from extreme rain.

#Greenway

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A fenced off sinkhole on the Harlem River greenway nyc.
A sinkhole that’s grown a patch of grass.
A not fenced off sinkhole on the Harlem River greenway nyc
The Harlem River Greenway nyc is very beautiful. We should protect it.
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legraLeGra

In my neighborhood, #NYCparks are replacing a (uptown #nyc neglected) grass field w #ArtificialTurf , a #UrbanHeatIsland exacerbater

sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Parks ReplyGuy says new stuff uses coconut shells not rubber infill so is fine; But w/o évapotranspiration, I doubt it. Bare soil is bad too — the field def needs a rehab

Plus plastic runoff. Sports injuries. Outgassing. Ick.

I thought other cities were banning this stuff.

Thoughts?

nycgovparks.org/planning-and-b

Specs for 182’X340’ synthetic turf soccer field https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/9331
Good maps satellite shot of existing grass soccer field which is adjacent to the Hudson River (under 20’ from River edge). Central field is worn thin down to the soil.
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legraLeGra

#bikeNYC #NYCbike #nyc

Mark Levine #manhattan borough president is having a AMA Tuesday 9/10 at 2p:

reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/

I am livid that I am still unable to do my bike commute because #nycparks through hubris and neglect allowed a sinkhole to take the path out— 18 months after closing said path and supposedly fixing it.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/08/23

Let’s tell him that bikes ARE transportation.

We need the same sense of urgency to keep bike lanes safe and passable as cars get for highways.

Mark Levine a 50 something white dude with glasses holding a sign saying ask me anything.
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legraLeGra

@TheConversationUS

#nyc rips out trees and grass to put in #ArtificialTurf because it drains n is cheaper to maintain in spite of its contribution to #UrbanHeatIsland

They assure you that it’s not the old AstroTurf— it has pads n coconut shells not rubber infill

But plastic grass doesn’t evaporate moisture out of its leaves - évapotranspiration- so still gets hot enough to cook an egg

NASA interns clocked some in nyc at 160F on an 85F day

#nycparks #greenwashing

nycgovparks.org/planning-and-b

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legraLeGra

Mayor Eric Adam’s wants to cut $55million from parks; he let the nypd take $2.2 billion in overtime alone last year

If you live or just love #nyc #parks ,

And think that our #NYCParks are one of our greatest assets =>

Please tell Mayor Adams to increase not cut their budget.

NYC council has already told them their thoughts
council.nyc.gov/press/2024/05/

Here’s help to tell yours :

secure.ny4p.org/a/no-cuts-to-n

PressNYC Council Calls for Restorations in Funding for Parks Staffing and Maintenance ahead of Committee on Parks and Recreation Executive Budget HearingNew York City Council
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NYC Glue

#RiversideParkNYC or #nycparks or #NaturalAreasConservancy has been really busy in a good way (IMHO) in the area downhill from Grant's Tomb and just north of the 119th Street Tennis Courts. Forestry has been here and cut down trees which were not needed and would have allowed goats to escape.

Also note the addition of coir logs which prevent water from cascading down the hillside.

I don't know why some of the cuts on the trunks have been painted.

View south along a fence north of the 119th street tennis courts showing all vegetation removed along the fence that was installed to keep the goats in. That blue tarp is covering the northern extent of the tennis courts.
An immense tree that would have afforded an escape route for the goats has been cut back.
A hillside shows many coir logs which will prevent rain from pouring down the hillside. There is also the remains of an immense tree.
View north along a fence north of the 119th street tennis courts showing all vegetation removed along the fence that was installed to keep the goats in.
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legraLeGra

In #nyc , our mayor and our governor give us austerity budgets and try to make life difficult by underfunding our #NYCschools and abandoning our #NYCparks because they are worried that the rich will leave if they tax them.

mailchi.mp/cityparksfoundation

chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/11/

Point-of-fact, the rich do NOT leave because of NYC/NYS taxes. Middle class people do (probably because you’ve underfunded and messed up schools) and poor people leave (because housing is so expensive).
fiscalpolicy.org/migration

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