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    Council Member’s Lawsuit Against Mayor Survives Dismissal

    Park Conservancies  •  Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    Flushing Meadow Corona Park

    Flushing Meadow Corona Park with District Overlay.

    Council Member’s lawsuit over non-profit park alliance’s structure and funding continues after the City attempted to squash the claim. On February 16, 2017, the New York Supreme Court denied the City’s motion to dismiss a suit against the Mayor regarding the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance.

    In July 2016, Council Member Rory Lancman brought a suit against both the Mayor and the Alliance in New York State Supreme Court. In the complaint, Lancman alleged that the composition of the Alliance’s Board of Directors violated the City’s Administrative Code. Specifically, Lancman argued that Administrative Code Section 18-137(b) requires every licensed non-profit conservancy entity for a park to have local representation appointed to the board of directors by the council member of each district that the park is located within. Lancman also alleged that the Alliance’s funding structure violated the City Charter. Section 109 of the City Charter reads, “All revenues of the city . . . not required by law to be paid into any other fund or account shall be paid into a fund to be termed the ‘general fund.’” Lancman alleged that the USTA’s initial and annual payments violated this section of the Charter because the payments went directly to the City Parks Foundation and then the Alliance instead of the City’s general fund, which would then be subject to the Charter’s budget process. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Rory Lancman, Department of Parks and Recreation, Flushing Meadow Corona Park Alliance, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:03/10/2017
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Member Seeks End-Run Around Lawsuit Against Mayor de Blasio

    Park Conservancies  •  Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    Flushing Meadow Corona Park

    Flushing Meadow Corona Park with District Overlay.

    A City Council Member submitted legislation to enact the very relief he is currently seeking from the courts. On October 13, 2016, City Council Member Rory I. Lancman, representative for the 24th council district in Queens, introduced legislation which would amend the City’s Administrative Code regarding local representation on park conservancy boards. The proposed law would require that every non-profit conservancy entity have a voting member on its board of directors designated by each council member representing the districts that the park may be located within. This proposal appears to be the result of an on-going legal dispute between Lancman and Mayor Bill de Blasio over representation in the non-profit conservancy group that helps maintain Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Rory Lancman, Department of Parks and Recreation, Flushing Meadow Corona Park Alliance, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:11/02/2016
    Category : City Council
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