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POISON PARKS: The toxic effect of Roundup in city parks

POISON PARKS: The toxic effect of Roundup in city parks

The Black Institute unveils new report and calls on city for change The Black Institute released a report on the damage being done to parkgoers by the use of Roundup™, the popular weed killer, in New York City parks. The […]

by · January 29, 2020 · Health, News, Parks
Tree Work Hub (NYC Parks)

De Blasio, Heastie Announce City to Stop Issuing Sidewalk Violations for Damage Caused by Street Trees

NEW YORK—Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Heastie announced today the City will no longer issue violations to homeowners for sidewalk damage caused by City trees. The City will also ramp up sidewalk repairs under the Trees & Sidewalks program to […]

by · September 10, 2019 · Local News, News
Art In The Parks: Flying High for Equality

Art In The Parks: Flying High for Equality

  Yesterday in the Bronx, City Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, UNIQLO Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Jean Shein, Deputy Director Jennifer Lantzas and the UNIQLO grantee artists Nancy Saleme and Patricia Cazorla gathered at Joyce Kilmer Park on the Grand Concourse to celebrate […]

by · June 21, 2017 · Arts & Artists, News
Residents of The Pelham Grand, staff and NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and City Parks Foundation team up to clean greenway across from the Pelham Grand to Burr.  Back Row: Eddie, Frank, Rafael, Jonathan, Terrence, Mondo, Kermit, Dwight Front Row: Jill, Lewis, Eurenia, Christine and Thomas

Partnerships for Parks and Pelham Grand join in Community Cleanup

On Saturday morning, residents of the Pelham Grand, staff, community advisory council members, and community joined with The NYC Department of Parks and Recreation in a My Parks Project along the Pelham Parkway Greenway. Volunteers cleaned from the front of the Pelham […]

by · September 14, 2015 · Community Affairs, Parks