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    COMPLETE VIDEO: NYC Mayoral Candidates Forum: A New Vision for Parks & Open Space

    Events  •  Mayoral Election  •  Webinar

    On April 19, 2021 New Yorkers for Parks and the Play Fair Coalition hosted a conversation with New York City Mayoral Candidates about the future of NYC parks and open spaces and what policies need to be created for a 21st century, equitable system. (more…)

    Tags : Mayoral Election, New Yorkers for Parks, open space, parks
    Date: 04/19/2021
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    HPD Announces Construction of First Phase of 740-Unit Affordable Mixed-Use Development in South Bronx

    Department of Housing Preservation & Development  •  Affordable Housing  •  Hunts Point, Bronx

    Rendering of the Peninsula. Image Credit: WXY Architecture + Urban Design and Body Lawson Associates/HPD.

    Phase One of the development will yield 183 units of deeply affordable housing ranging from studios to three-bedrooms. On July 16, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD),the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and private developers announced plans to construct the first phase of the Peninsula, a 100 percent affordable mixed-use development in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. The project will be constructed on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. (more…)

    Tags : 740 housing units, community facilities, cultural arts workspace, deeply affordable housing, health and wellness center, housing for formerly homeless, mixed-use affordable development, open space, Peninsula, Phase One of the Peninsula
    Date: 07/30/2019
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    Event Announcement – Open Space Dialogues: From Vacant to Vibrant

    New Yorkers for Parks  •  New York Law School

    You’re invited to Open Space Dialogues: From Vacant to Vibrant, Monday November 19th at New York Law School, 6 – 8pm. (more…)

    Tags : nontraditional open spaces, NY4P, open dialogues, open space, parks, vacancy, vacant space
    Date: 10/26/2018
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    COMPLETE VIDEO – Open Space Dialogues: Parks & Transportation

    New Yorkers for Parks  •  New York Law School

    Lynn Kelly, New Yorkers for Parks Executive Director addresses audience at Open Space Dialogue Series at New York Law School. Image Credit: CityLand.

    On October 9, 2018, New York Law School hosted New Yorkers for Parks for their Open Space Dialogues: Parks & Transportation. The event was kicked off by Joel Steinhaus, Chairman of New Yorkers for Parks, who was introduced by Executive Director Lynn Kelly. Mr. Steinhaus began by welcoming everyone to the second year of Open Space Dialogues, with the focus of this year’s dialogues on parks, open space and the public realm. He stated that New Yorkers for Parks has been the “City’s independent champion of quality open space for all New Yorkers, across all five Boroughs; Well- maintained open spaces foster dialogue, support congregation and free expression, and are a critical component of democracy.” The focus of last night’s Open Space Dialogue was on the “intersection of parks and transportation”.

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    Tags : New Yorkers for Parks, NY4P, open space, parks, recreation, Transportation
    Date: 10/09/2018
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    Central Park To Become Car-Free By Summer 2018

    Office of the Mayor  •  Transportation  •  Central Park, Manhattan

    Press Conference at the Central Park Mall. Image credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.

    Central Park has not been car-free for over a century, but things will change come summer. On April 20, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that Central Park will become completely car-free. The announcement came right before Earth Day 2018. Starting this June, the iconic greenspace’s Center Drive, Terrace Drive, East Drive, and West Drive will be permanently closed to cars. These closings follow the closure of Prospect Park’s entire loop drive in January. CityLand previously covered Prospect Park’s closings here. (more…)

    Tags : Car-free, Central Park, De Blasio, mayor, open space, park, Prospect Park, Transportation
    Date: 04/25/2018
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