Tuesday, April 9, 2019 from 6-8PM
New York Law School
185 West Broadway, New York, New York 10013 (more…)
Due to inclement weather, this event will be rescheduled to April 9, 2019. For more information, email nycitylaw@nyls.edu.
This evening, New York Law School is again hosting New Yorkers for Parks for another installment of their Open Space Dialogues. In tonight’s installment, titled Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, park advocates and practitioners from the City will discuss options on ensuring that parks have a sustainable financial future. The dialogues will focus on innovative funding strategies, learning lessons from cities with unusual funding streams for parks, and building an equitable approach to park funding in all neighborhoods. The event will begin at 6:30 PM. To watch the livestream, click here. (more…)
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 6-8PM
New York Law School
185 West Broadway, New York, New York 10013 (more…)
On January 9th, 2019, the Center for New York City Law and the Impact Center for Public Interest Law of New York Law School hosted New Yorkers for Parks for their Open Space Dialogues: Healthy City, Active Places. This installment of the dialogues explored the ways New Yorkers have and want to create opportunities for active recreation and health. The discussion focused on answering questions such as: how parks contribute to different scales of health; what park designs and programming prevent or catalyze active recreation; how parks can balance changing user groups, sports popularity, and informal recreation demand; what are neighborhood knock-on effects for parks with an active recreation and health focus; and where are recreations needs of New Yorkers not being met? Video of the event can be found here.
Jarrett Murphy moderates the respondents’ panel featuring Tony Hillery, Regina Myer and Marlene Pantin. Image Credit: CityLand
On November 19, 2018, New York Law School hosted New Yorkers for Parks for their Open Space Dialogues: From Vacant to Vibrant. This installment of the Open Space Dialogues explored the ways New Yorkers have and want to, create nontraditional open spaces in unusual places, from a single lot or tunnel to entire neighborhoods and whole islands. The event was kicked off by Center for New York City Law Associate Director Brian Kaszuba, who introduced New Yorkers for Parks Executive Director Lynn Kelly. Kelly welcomed the speakers and introduced the topic. (more…)
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