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    • Play Fair Statement on Mayor Adams’ FY’26 Executive Budget
    May 2, 2025
    NY4P in The New York Groove: Crisis in the Courts: Why tennis court spots are so scarce, and how to find one anyway
    May 9, 2024
    NY4P in amNY: Park advocates demand Mayor Adams restore budget cuts to NYC Parks
    May 9, 2024
    NY4P in FOX5: Rally demands Adams restore budget cuts to NYC Parks
    May 8, 2024
    NY4P in PIX11: Neighbors rally for NYC Parks during budget negotiations
    May 7, 2024
    NY4P in BBC: These are the neighbourhoods in most urgent need of trees
    April 16, 2024
    NY4P in New York Daily News: More Parks funds for NYC water access
    April 13, 2024
    NY4P in Columbia Spectator: West Harlem parks will be understaffed, poorly maintained due to Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts, advocates say
    April 2, 2024
    NY4P in New York Daily News: NYC advocates press Adams to fulfill pledge on parks funding during budget season
    March 20, 2024
    NY4P in amNY: NYC’s parks are in crisis; Mayor Adams can make it right
    March 19, 2024
    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 New York Times: New York City Loses Contentious Bid for Cricket Stadium to Long Island
    September 20, 2023
    NY4P in Curbed: How Fort Greene Park Got Fenced In
    August 29, 2023
    NY4P in The New York Times: Should Bronx Parkland Be Used for a Cricket World Cup Stadium?
    August 8, 2023
    NY4P in CUNY TV: DiverseCITY: NYC Parks Special
    August 4, 2023
    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’
    July 12, 2023
    NY4P in Brooklyn Daily Eagle: How New York City can do its part to save and protect precious parkland
    July 5, 2023
    NY4P in City & State New York: Opinion: Mayor Adams, protect our city by funding our parks
    June 29, 2023
    NY4P in City Limits: More Trees for NYC: What Will It Take to Meet ‘Ambitious’ Canopy Goal?
    June 20, 2023
    NY4P in City & State New York: Delays in tree prunings tell the story of an underfunded NYC Parks Department
    May 26, 2023
    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
    May 5, 2023
    NY4P in Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Drive to increase Parks Department budget finds wide support in Brooklyn
    May 5, 2023
    NY4P in amNY: Advocates host rally in support of ‘1% for parks’ in New York City
    March 22, 2022
    NY4P in Crain's New York Business: No Place to Go
    February 22, 2022
    NY4P in Politico: Adams' pledge to boost parks funding is absent from budget proposal
    February 21, 2022
    NY4P in Gotham Gazette: In First Budget, Adams Fails to Fulfill Pledge of 1% for Parks
    February 20, 2022
    NY4P in NY Daily News: Dedicate a penny of every budget dollar to NYC parks
    February 4, 2022
    NY4P in the NYTimes: 6 Numbers That Reveal Bill de Blasio’s Legacy on Inequality
    December 22, 2021
    NY4P in PoliticsNY: City Council Speaker Candidates Weigh in on Parks & Outdoor Spaces
    November 18, 2021
    NY4P in StreetsBlog NYC: How To Manage a City of Eight Million
    October 19, 2021
    NY4P in News 12: Planted daffodil bulbs honor those who died on 9/11, during pandemic
    October 17, 2021
    NY4P in amNY: Now’s the time for Eric Adams’ plan for park equity
    October 13, 2021
    NY4P in Time Out: The Daffodil Project is planting one million flowers in NYC
    August 31, 2021
    NY4P in City Limits: Across NYC, Millions of Daffodils Will Mark Lives Lost to 9/11 and COVID
    August 26, 2021
    NY4P in 6sqft: 1 million daffodils will be planted around NYC to honor victims of 9/11
    August 11, 2021
    NY4P in the Indypendent: Parks for the People
    July 30, 2021
    NY4P in City Limits: NYC Parks Get a Funding Boost Following Covid-Related Cuts
    July 7, 2021
    NY4P in QNS: Queens lawmaker hosts virtual rally for NYC Parks
    May 25, 2021
    NY4P in the NY Daily News: Spend more to boost NYC parks
    May 23, 2021
    NY4P in Gothamist: How Will The Next Mayor Invest In City Parks?
    May 18, 2021
    NY4P in the Bronx Times: Play Fair Now and Restore Vital Parks Funding
    ​May 13, 2021
    NY4P in the NY Daily News: Building big without breaking the bank
    April 22, 2021
    NY4P in Gotham Gazette: Democratic Mayoral Candidates Discuss the Future of City Parks and Open Space
    April 21, 2021
    NY4P in Bronx Times: Pelham Parkway overflowing with trash following cuts to NYC Parks
    April 6, 2021
    NY4P in the New York Post: NYC’s yellow ribbon of 8 million daffodils a living memorial to 9/11
    April 3, 2021
    NY4P in BK Reader: NYC Parks Need Vision, Investment and Equity Planning, Advocates Say
    April 2, 2021
    NY4P in amNY: Parks are critical infrastructure – NYC’s next mayor needs to treat them that way
    March 31, 2021
    NY4P in City Limits: Park Season is Almost Here. It’s Time for NYC to Reinvest in Open Space.
    March 12, 2021
    NY4P in The Architect's Newspaper: Op-Ed - NYC, don't give up on parks
    September 24, 2020
    NY4P in the Queens Chronicle: Parks and Rec budget cuts are hitting home
    September 24, 2020
    NY4P in Curbed: New Yorkers Keep City Parks from Turning Into 'Junkyards'
    September 17, 2020
    NY4P in the Brooklyn Eagle: Governors Island could be future hub
    September 17, 2020
    NY4P in Columbia Magazine: Why City Parks are More Important Than Ever
    September 10, 2020
    NY4P on WCBS 880: Budget Cuts Leave NYC Parks Dirtier Amid Pandemic
    August 28, 2020
    NY4P in The New York Times: Trash Piles Up in Parks, Just When New Yorkers Need Them Most
    August 27, 2020
    NY4P Op-Ed in the New York Daily News: Build new parks where they're needed most.
    July 27, 2020
    NY4P in The Chief Leader: Local 983 Head Seeks Restoration of Park Rangers
    July 17, 2020
    NY4P in The New York Times: NYC Has 2,300 Parks. But Poor Neighborhoods Lose Out.
    July 15, 2020
    NY4P in THE CITY: Budget Cuts Make Rangers an Endangered Species in City Parks
    July 7, 2020
    NY4P in Newsweek: NYC Budget Cuts Parks Budget by 14% When People Say They Need Them Most
    July 2, 2020
    NY4P in Queens Daily Eagle: Top parks advocate calls on city to open up pools, golf courses and cemeteries
    June 28, 2020
    NY4P in THE CITY: Cuomo Gives Go-Ahead to Reopen Playgrounds, But Mayor Won’t Unlock Them
    June 11, 2020
    NY4P in the News: Park Access Restrictions due to the Coronavirus
    May 11, 2020
    NY4P Announces High Line’s Adam Ganser as Executive Director
    April 28, 2020
    NY4P in City Limits: ​Parks Dept. Signals Funding Freeze to Nonprofits
    April 3, 2020
    NY4P in QNS: Queens lawmaker launches digital rally calling on city to increase funding for NYC Parks
    March 16, 2020
    Release: Play Fair Coalition and Councilmember Peter Koo Launch Second Year of Play Fair Campaign with a Digital Rally
    March 13, 2020
    NY4P in CityLand: City Council Holds Another Hearing on the Parks Capital Process
    December 9, 2019
    NY4P in City Limits: Tensions Rise Amid Uncertain Timeline for Public Review of Bushwick Rezoning
    December 2, 2019
    NY4P in the Gotham Gazette: City Council Must Act Now to Protect the Lower East Side
    November 11, 2019
    Release: ​Civic Groups Launch “Fight for Light” Campaign with New Report
    NY4P in City Limits: Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks
    October 22, 2019
    NY4P in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Overused and under-maintained: How city’s rezoning plan could affect Bushwick’s parks
    October 15, 2019
    NY4P in 6sqft: Reports find open space falls short of key goals in Bushwick, Long Island City, and part of Staten Island
    October 11, 2019
    NY4P in the Staten Island Advance: ​Bay Street Corridor lacking open space, report says​​
    October 11, 2019
    NY4P in W42ST: The Yellow Revolution
    October 1, 2019
    NY4P on Fox 5 NY: Central Park Conservancy unveils plans to transform park's northern end
    September 18, 2019
    NY4P in The New York Times: $110 Million to Fix Central Park Section Far From ‘Billionaire’s Row’
    September 18, 2019
    NY4P in The Wave: Daffodil Project Returns to Rockaway
    August 22, 2019
    NY4P in 6sqft: Help plant 500,000 daffodils around NYC to remember 9/11
    August 21, 2019
    NY4P in City Limits: ​Does Gentrification Mean More Garbage, in Bushwick and Beyond?​
    August 7, 2019
    NY4P in NBC New York: NYC Last in Green Space in Major U.S. Cities
    July 16, 2019
    NY4P in The NY Times: Festival in Central Park Great Lawn
    July 13, 2019
    NY4P on NY1 In Focus: Funding NYC's Parks
    July 7, 2019
    NY4P in The Villager: Hudson River Park Cracks Down on Plastic
    July 3, 2019
    NY4P in City & State: NYC Public Beach and Pool Schedule
    July 3, 2019
    NY4P in Patch: How North Brooklyn's Development Boom Is Shaping Its Parkland
    July 2, 2019
    NY4P in Epoch Times: NYC Parks received $44M funding, highest in 30 years
    June 28, 2019
    NY4P in QNS: Lawmakers Tout Historic Funding for Parks
    June 28, 2019
    NY4P in Queens Eagle: 2020 is 'The Year of the Parks'
    June 28, 2019
    NY4P in Curbed: Explore NYC's urban wilderness with this map
    June 27, 2019
    NY4P in Gothamist: $92.8B City Budget Deal
    June 14, 2019
    NY4P in New York Post: City council appoints women to parks committee
    June 13, 2019
    NY4P in West Side Rag: Riverside Park Is Undergoing Big Changes
    June 11, 2019
    Op-Ed by NYLCV and Councilmember Constantinides in Queens Courier
    June 6, 2019
    NY4P Op-Ed in City Limits: Mayor, Play Fair for Parks
    May 22, 2019
    Op-Ed by Center for an Urban Future in City & State
    May 21, 2019
    NY4P in Curbed: Stalled Funds for S. Bronx Waterfront
    May 10, 2019
    Op-Ed by Girl Scouts in Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    May 10, 2019
    NY4P in Bronx Times: Torres and Park Activists Demand $
    May 7, 2019
    NY4P in Politico: Head of Governors Island pushed out
    April 29, 2019
    NY4P in News 12: Councilmember Torres Calls on Mayor to Invest in Parks
    April 19, 2019
    Op-Ed by NY League of Conservation Voters in Gotham Gazette
    April 8, 2019
    NY4P in Bronx Times: Bronx Parks Speak Up
    March 22, 2019
    NY4P in The Riverdale Press: Daffodil Project in Brust Park
    March 17, 2019
    NY4P in Queens Chronicle: New Group Aims For Parks Spending Hike
    March 7, 2019
    NY4P in Queens Eagle: Grodenchik Leads Rally for More Parks Funding
    March 1, 2019
    NY4P in QNS: Queens Councilman Joins Play Fair
    March 1, 2019
    NY4P in AM New York: Play Fair Rally and Campaign
    February 28, 2019
    NY4P in New York Post: Play Fair Campaign
    February 27, 2019
    NY4P in City Limits: LaGuardia AirTrain
    February 20, 2019
    NY4P in The Gay UK: Rockefeller Tree
    November 29, 2018
    NY4P in City Limits: Open Space Dialogues: From Vacant to Vibrant
    November 27, 2018
    NY4P in CityLand: City Considers Expansion of Olmsted-Beil House Park
    November 21, 2018
    NY4P in Staten Island Advance: The Daffodil Project at South Shore Schools
    November 3, 2018
    NY4P in The Wall Street Journal: Advocates Push to Protect Playgrounds
    September 25, 2018
    NY4P in Patch: Park-Replacing Development Sets 'Harmful Precedent'
    September 18, 2018
    NY4P in AM New York: Playground Development Plan Troubling
    September 18, 2018
    NY4P in The Forum: Councilmember Ulrich and NY4P Sponsor Daffodil Giveaway
    September 5, 2018
    NY4P in City Limits: Brownsville Plan Gains Momentum
    August 29, 2018
    NY4P in the Queens Gazette: The Daffodil Project
    August 22, 2018
    NY4P in 6sqft: Honoring 9/11 Victims With The Daffodil Project
    August 21, 2018
    NY4P in amNewYork: NY4P Giving Away 500,000 Daffodil Bulbs in NYC
    August 20, 2018
    NY4P in the Queens Post: Daffodil Project Returns to Queens
    August 18, 2018
    NY4P in The Villager: Two Bridges Tower Site was Slated to be Public Playground
    August 10, 2018
    NY4P in Politico: State Projects Draw Fire From Advocates
    July 30, 2018
    NY4P in TimeOut: Disinvestment in NYC Parks
    June 27, 2018
    NY4P in Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brownsville Lacks Parks and Open Space
    June 22, 2018
    NY4P in City Limits: New Reports Show Need for Open Space
    June 20, 2018
    NY4P in Bklyner.: Brownsville Parks Report Shows Need for Investment
    June 19, 2018
    NY4P in the Staten Island Advance: SI Parents Honored for Improving Green Spaces
    June 12, 2018
    NY4P in Chelsea Now: Chelsea Waterside Park Association
    May 16, 2018
    NY4P in Bronx Times: Friends of Soundview Park Honored at Daffodil Breakfast
    May 6, 2018
    NY4P in City Limits: Long Island City Rezoning Concern
    April 23, 2018
    NY4P in CityLand: Complete Video - Open Space Dialogues: New Perspectives to Action
    April 10, 2018
    NY4P in CityLand: Lynn Kelly of New Yorkers for Parks
    April 10, 2018
    NY4P in the Hunts Point Express: Sheridan Plan
    March 29, 2018
    NY4P in Norwood News: Risse Street Garden
    March 28, 2018
    NY4P in the Brooklyn Eagle: Survey of 270 Parks by BP Adams
    March 27, 2018
    NY4P in News 12 The Bronx: Rally Against Changes to Hunts Point Roads
    March 26, 2018
    NY4P in amNewYork: Parks Deserve Extra City Funding
    March 26, 2018
    NY4P in News 12 Brooklyn: Brooklyn Parks Report
    March 26, 2018
    NY4P in Pix 11: Brookfield Place 'Best Brews' Event Raises Money for NY4P
    March 16, 2018
    NY4P in amNewYork: 'Best Brews of NYC' Names a Winner
    March 15, 2018
    NY4P in Metro: Pop-Up Biergarten Serves Only Beer From the 5 Boroughs
    February 12, 2018
    NY4P in City Limits: NYC Saw 600 Protests in 2017
    January 30, 2018
    NY4P in The New York Times: Parks or Playgrounds
    January 1, 2018
    NY4P in Politico: Manhattan Greenway
    December 18, 2017
    Bronx Times Coverage: Daffodil Project at Tremont Park
    November 27, 2017
    City Limits Coverage: Marx Brothers Playground
    November 14, 2017
    SILive Coverage: Volunteers Clean Up And Plant Flowers
    November 11, 2017
    Chelsea Now Coverage: 300 West Block Association
    November 6, 2017
    New York Magazine Coverage: Mayor de Blasio
    November 5, 2017
    City Limits Coverage: Mayor de Blasio
    November 2, 2017
    Bklyner Coverage: Flower Bulbs in East Flatbush
    October 23, 2017
    Bronx Times Coverage: Daffodil Project, St. Mary's Park
    October 20, 2017
    Queens Gazette Coverage: CB 1 Cabinet Meeting
    October 18, 2017
    News 12 The Bronx Coverage: Daffodil Project
    October 14, 2017
    The Real Deal Coverage: Pier 55
    October 1, 2017
    QNS Coverage: LI Open Space Meeting
    September 22, 2017
    NYU Alumni Magazine Coverage: Lynn Kelly
    September 22, 2017
    Wall Street Journal Coverage: Hudson River Park
    September 15, 2017
    Manhattan Times: Revamp at Highbridge
    August 16, 2017
    Bklyner Coverage: Daffodil Project
    August 14, 2017
    NY1 Coverage: Disparities in NYC Parks
    August 13, 2017
    Norwood News Coverage: Mosholu Parkway
    July 5, 2017
    Crain's Coverage: Governors Island
    June 19, 2017
    SI Live Coverage: Aileen Chumard Fuchs
    June 10, 2017
    NYREJ Coverage: PWC Parks Panel
    June 6, 2017
    The Globe And Mail Coverage: Green Cities Struggle
    May 25, 2017
    6 Sq Ft Coverage: Greenacre Park
    May 23, 2017
    NY Times Coverage: Greenacre Park
    May 22, 2017
    NY Post: Daffodils in Community School 55
    May 2, 2017
    Politico: De Blasio Parks Strategy
    April 25, 2017
    NY Post Coverage: Trump Protests
    April 24, 2017
    Daffodil Project on NY1
    April 19, 2017
    NY1 Coverage: Daffodil Project 9/11
    April 13, 2017
    Curbed: 'Fearless Girl' Statue
    March 22, 2017
    Buzzfeed News Coverage: 'Fearless Girl' Statue
    March 8, 2017
    Gotham Gazette: City Budget Negotiation
    February 28, 2017
    Wired Coverage: Public Spaces for Protest
    February 10, 2017
    Bedford + Bowery Coverage: Sara D. Roosevelt Park
    February 8, 2017
    SI Live Coverage: Boro X Boro
    January 31, 2017
    New York Times Coverage: Trump Protests
    January 27, 2017
    Architect's Newspaper: Parks Without Borders
    January 10, 2017
    City Limits Coverage: Parks and Health Disparities
    January 4, 2017
    Bronx Times Coverage: Daffodil Project, Devoe Park
    November 17, 2016
    Brooklyn Daily Coverage: Daffodil Project, Coney Island
    November 7, 2016
    Patch Coverage: 90th Street Pier
    November 4, 2016
    DNA Info Coverage: BQE Park
    October 18, 2016
    DNA Info Coverage: Daffodil Project, Hell's Kitchen Park
    October 12, 2016
    The Villager Coverage: Elizabeth St. Garden
    September 29, 2016
    NY4P & NPS to Honor Victims of 9/11 by Planting 3,000 Daffodil Bulbs on Ellis Island
    September 27, 2016
    BK Daily Eagle Coverage: Brownsville Kiosk
    September 26, 2016
    Wall Street Journal Coverage: AMNH Expansion
    September 25, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Lynn Kelly, Snug Harbor
    September 23, 2016
    DNA Info Coverage: Lynn Kelly, Snug Harbor
    September 21, 2016
    SI Live Coverage: Lynn Kelly, Snug Harbor
    September 20, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Lynn Kelly and Snug Harbor
    September 20, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Lynn Kelly and Snug Harbor
    September 20, 2016
    NY4P names Lynn B. Kelly as Executive Director
    September 20, 2016
    Wall Street Journal Coverage: Lynn Kelly
    September 19, 2016
    News 12 Bronx: Daffodil Project, St. Mary's Park
    September 17, 2016
    The Villager Coverage: 'Green' Candidates
    September 8, 2016
    Patch: Daffodil Project 2016
    August 30, 2016
    Politico Coverage: Mayor De Blasio, New Parks
    August 19, 2016
    NY Times Coverage: $150M For NYC Parks
    August 18, 2016
    Wall Street Journal Coverage: $150M For NYC Parks
    August 17, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Park Attendance
    August 11, 2016
    Bedford + Bowery Coverage: Stanton Building
    July 14, 2016
    NY Times Coverage: Central Park, $300M
    July 13, 2016
    NY Press Coverage: East River Esplanade
    July 6, 2016
    Huffington Post Coverage: Parks Equity
    June 27, 2016
    Crain's Coverage: Daffodil Breakfast Pics
    May 8, 2016
    NY Times Coverage: 8th Ave Gardener
    April 26, 2016
    Curbed Coverage: Bronx 10 Parks
    April 13, 2016
    #DaffodilProject on NY1
    March 28, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Daffodil Project 2016
    March 2, 2016
    Tupper Thomas to Retire from NY4P
    February 3, 2016
    Politico Coverage: Tupper Thomas
    February 2, 2016
    NY4P Op-Ed in Daily News: We Need Answers to City's Carriage Horse Proposal
    January 21, 2016
    NY Times Coverage: Hart Island
    January 20, 2016
    NY1 Coverage: Central Park Carriage Horses
    January 20, 2016
    CBS Coverage: Proposed Horse Carriage Stables in Central Park
    January 20, 2016
    NY Daily News Coverage: Central Park Horse Carriages
    January 20, 2016
    Observer Coverage: Central Park Carriage Horses
    January 18, 2016
    Wall Street Journal Coverage: Central Park Carriage Horses
    January 18, 2018
    NY Times Coverage: Central Park Carriage Horses
    January 18, 2016
    Politico Coverage: Central Park Horse Stables
    January 15, 2016
    New York Post Coverage: Music Festival in Queens
    January 4, 2016