Dean Anthony W. Crowell, New York Law School & Lynn B. Kelly, New Yorkers for Parks, Executive Director invite you to join us for:
Open Space Dialogues: Reconstructing the Capital Process
Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 6-8PM
New York Law School
185 West Broadway, New York, New York 10013
REGISTER HERE
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Williamsbridge Oval, Lyons Square Playground, Estella Diggs Park: all were constructed or renovated in major capital projects recently. The ribbon-cutting of a park opening is one of the most joyous sights in New York City, but the process to get to that celebratory moment is sometimes lengthy, expensive, and confusing. When NY4P released a report in 2014 on capital projects management, anecdotal concerns about parks capital projects coalesced into a citywide conversation. Since then, NYC Parks has improved their operations. Alongside, political pressure and the growth of resident-involvement programs, like Participatory Budgeting, have ratcheted up New Yorkers’ expectations of the speed, public involvement, quality, and cost-efficiency of parks capital projects. The time is ripe to consider the successes, as well as the room for improvement, in New York City’s parks capital process.
- What has NYC Parks done to improve the process? What is outside their scope?
- What are public expectations of funding, designing, assigning, and building park projects?
- What can be learned by looking at public-private partnerships?
- How can the capital process be more equitable?
Presenters
Susan M. Donoghue, President & Park Administrator, Prospect Park Alliance
Diane Jackier, Chief of Capital Strategic Initiatives, NYC Parks
Charles McKinney, Practical Visionary
Respondents
Andrew Cohen, Council Member, 11th District (Bronx)
Celeste Frye, Founder & CEO, Public Works Partners
Jennifer Godenzo, Senior Director, Participatory Budgeting Project
Moderator
Eli Dvorkin, Editorial & Policy Director, Center for an Urban Future
There is no charge for this event.
For more information on the individual panels, click here.
This event is graciously hosted by The Center for New York City Law and The Impact Center for Public Interest Law at New York Law School.
On April 9, 2019, the Center for New York City Law welcomed New Yorkers for Parks back to New York Law School for another installment of their Open Space Dialogues. The event was kicked off by Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks Lynn B. Kelly, with welcoming remarks by New York Law School Dean and President Anthony Crowell. The topic of yesterday’s Open Space Dialogues was “Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees.”
