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Statement from the Play Fair Coalition on the FY25 Budget

NY4P in amNY: Park advocates demand Mayor Adams restore budget cuts to NYC Parks

NY4P in The New York Groove: Crisis in the Courts: Why tennis court spots are so scarce, and how to find one anyway

NY4P in FOX5: Rally demands Adams restore budget cuts to NYC Parks

NY4P in PIX11: Neighbors rally for NYC Parks during budget negotiations

NY4P in BBC: These are the neighbourhoods in most urgent need of trees

NY4P in New York Daily News: More Parks funds for NYC water access

NY4P in Columbia Spectator: West Harlem parks will be understaffed, poorly maintained due to Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts, advocates say

NY4P in New York Daily News: NYC advocates press Adams to fulfill pledge on parks funding during budget season

NY4P in amNY: NYC’s parks are in crisis; Mayor Adams can make it right

NY4P in The Bronx Chronicle: 30th Annual Bronx Parks Speak Up

February 28, 2024

NY4P in Gothamist: Lawmakers push for funding reform to clean up NYC’s most overlooked parks

February 22, 2024

NY4P in amNY: Proposed budget cuts to Parks Department will result in youth, forestry programs getting timbered, advocates fear

January 17, 2024

NY4P in CBS News: Over 1,000 New York City parks workers expected to lose their jobs due to budget cuts

December 20, 2023

NY4P on Inside City Hall: New Yorkers for Parks executive director talks about budget cuts

December 12, 2023

NY4P in City Limits: Opinion: Mayor Adams, Don’t Trash Our Parks

December 11, 2023

NY4P in Gothamist: NYC parks set for dramatic reductions in staffing, cleaning under Mayor Adams' budget cuts

December 11, 2023

NY4P in The Click: Budget Cuts to NYC Parks Would Disproportionately Affect Marginalized Communities, Activists Say

October 30, 2023

NY4P in Bronx Times: Daffodil Project brightens faces and places throughout NYC

October 20, 2023

NY4P in Queens Gazette: New Yorkers for Parks Kicks off 22nd Annual Daffodil Project Distributions Honoring Lives Lost to 9/11 and COVID-19

September 21, 2023

NY4P in The New York Times: New York City Loses Contentious Bid for Cricket Stadium to Long Island

September 20, 2023

NY4P in BK Reader: Daffodil Project to Distribute Free Flowers in Prospect Park on Oct. 1

September 20, 2023

NY4P Letter Concerning the Proposed Private Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park

NY4P in Curbed: How Fort Greene Park Got Fenced In

August 29, 2023

NY4P in Time Out: Here’s how to get free daffodils to plant in memory of 9/11 victims

August 16, 2023

NY4P in The New York Times: Should Bronx Parkland Be Used for a Cricket World Cup Stadium?

NY4P in CUNY TV: DiverseCITY: NYC Parks Special

NY4P in Staten Island Advance: Advocates express concern as mayor fails to hit 1% budget mark for NYC parks. ‘It’s not getting the job done’

NY4P in Brooklyn Daily Eagle: How New York City can do its part to save and protect precious parkland

Statement from NY4P & NYLCV on the NYC FY24 Budget

NY4P in City & State New York: Opinion: Mayor Adams, protect our city by funding our parks

NY4P in City Limits: More Trees for NYC: What Will It Take to Meet ‘Ambitious’ Canopy Goal?

NY4P in City & State New York: Delays in tree prunings tell the story of an underfunded NYC Parks Department

NY4P in the New York Daily News: Mr. Mayor, fulfill your parks pledge: Investing 1% of the city budget in parks was a promise that must be delivered

NY4P in Bronx Times: Op-Ed | Mayor Adams needs to fulfill his NYC Parks promise

NY4P in Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Drive to increase Parks Department budget finds wide support in Brooklyn

NY4P in Staten Island Advance: ‘The crumbs’: Proposed NYC budget won’t hit Mayor Eric Adams’ promise for Parks funding

NY4P in Gotham Gazette: Advocates, City Council Members Push Mayor to Invest More in Parks

NY4P in Crain's New York Business: Parks budget fails to live up to Mayor Adams’ pledge—again

Testimony to NYC Council on Pools

NY4P in amNY: Open space advocates demand increased funding for NYC Parks Dept., hold rally ahead of budget hearing

NY4P in Staten Island Advance: News What would 1% of NYC’s budget do for Parks Department operations? New report details the need.

NY4P in Spectrum News NY1: New report calls for Mayor Adams to commit 1% of city budget to parks

NY4P in The New York Times: One Percent of the Budget for Parks? A Bargain, Says a Nonprofit

NY4P in Patch: UES Pickleball Battle Highlights Scarce Open Space In Dense District

February 16, 2023

NY4P in The New York Times: As Demand for Open Space Soars, New York Gets a Public Realm Czar

February 16, 2023

NY4P in Gothamist: New tree plantings in NYC fall to lowest level in 15 years

February 1, 2023

Testimony to NYC Council on FY24 Preliminary Budget

Testimony to NYC Council Committee on Environmental Protection

Testimony to NYC Council Committee on Parks

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