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NYC Park Advocates (NYCPA) is responsible for regularly breaking and contributing to many of the city's park and environmental stories through original reporting, in-depth research and analysis. We work regularly with the city’s top media outlets, as well as with numerous journalism and public policy programs in universities. We are known for our accurate and reliable reporting, research and extensive sources.
To help achieve our goals, NYCPA conducts research, monitoring public policy, public agency performance, environmental issues, government legislation and the actions of individuals that affect NYC and its environs. We work throughout the city to involve and empower citizens and community groups concerned with the ecologically and environmentally sound use of parks, as well as to increase public interest and awareness of park advocacy.
One of the primary ways we accomplish increasing public interest and awareness is by directing our findings to the attention of elected officials, concerned constituencies, the general public, and the media. Chronologically listed below please find a partial list of media NYCPA has appeared in or has been responsible for. In the event of radio or TV, not all transcripts may be available on our site.
Street artists say they're performing again without fear of big fines in Washington Square Park
NY Daily News - January 1, 2012 - By John Doyle
John McEnroe Tennis Center Pledges to Boost East Harlem Outreach
DNAinfo - December 23, 2011 - By Jeff Mays
NYPD Investigates Noose Found At City Parks Office
NY1 News - December - 22, 2011
WPIX 11 - December 21, 2011 - By Mary Murphy
Black Baby Doll Found Hanging From Noose
WPIX - December 21, 2011 - By Francesca Maxime
Police Investigate Black Doll Hung by Noose at Parks Dept Office
WNBC - December 21, 2011
Doll Found Hanging With Noose At NYC Parks Department Garage;
Police Investigating As Possible Hate Crime
WCBS - December 21, 2011
Probe noose at Parks HQ
New York Daily News - December 21, 2011
Black Doll Found Hanging By Noose
My Fox - December 21, 2011
NYPD probes potential hate crime after black doll found hanging by noose at NYC Parks Department building
Associated Press - December 21, 2011
N.Y. worker 'traumatized' by black effigy
UPI - December 21, 2011
Some Sicko Hung This Black Baby Doll From A Noose In Parks Dept's Bronx HQ
gothamist - December 21, 2011 - By John Del Signore
Noose Found in Parks Office
The Wall Street Journal - December 21, 2011 - By Sumathi Reddy
Black baby doll found hanging in noose in Park Dept. Bx. headquarters
New York Post - December 20, 2011 By Rebecca Harshbarger
Doll hanging by chain found at Parks Dept. office
Eyewitness News - December 20, 2011 - By Lucy Yang
Randall's Island Tennis Plan Delayed Over Fears it Priced Out Locals
DNAinfo - December 15, 2011 - By Jeff Mays
Randall's Island Tennis Expansion Hearing Canceled
The Epoch Times - December 14, 2011 - By Ivan Pentchoukov
Plan de pista de hielo en El Bronx, en riesgo de derretirse
El Diario NY - December 14, 2011 - Por Gloria Medina/EDL
Plans Killed for Project Tied to Probe
El Diario NY - December 14, 2011 - Por Gloria Medina/EDLP
Bronx could finally get public ice skating rink next month - in nick of time for Bloomberg's big speech, Bronx is only borough without public ice rink
New York Daily News - December 13, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
High Line Drinking Complaints
My Fox - December 12, 2011 - By Ashley Mastronardi
That's why they call it the High Line
New York Post - December 12, 2011 - By Rich Calder
The thin green line; Park Rangers to get cop-style training
The Brooklyn Paper - December 9, 2011 - By Natalie O'Neill
Open spaces, closed files
Remapping Debate - December 7, 2011 - By Abby Ferla and Craig Gurian
Travesty on the Green! Empty Tavern Cost City $2.2 M
New York Observer - December 7, 2011 - Kat Stoeffel
New York Times - December 5, 2011 - By Lisa W. Foderaro
Street Performers Speak Out Against Summonses Issued At Washington Square
NY1 - December 4, 2011
A 'fine time' for city park performers
New York Daily News - December 3, 2011 - By John Doyle
Coney Island cyclone of crime
New York Post - November 28, 2011 - By Rich Calder
Union: NYPD Withholding Data on Park Crime Rise
The Chief - November 21, 2011 - By David Sims
Pedestrian injured in collision with Park cyclist sues city
The Brooklyn Paper - November 21, 2011 - By Natalie O'Neill
Brooklyn cyclists continue to rip through Prospect Park at unsafe speeds despite crackdown
New York Daily News - November 27, 2011 - Tracy Conner, Tina Moore, John Doyle & Simone Weichselbaum
Hundreds demand: Park must be safer!
Brooklyn Daily - November 17, 2011 - By Natalie O'Neill
City Relocates St. Saviour's Park Money
The South West Forum - November 17, 2011 - By Jeremiah Dobruck
Parks Dept. drops St. Saviour for now
Queens Chronicle - November 17, 2011 - by Michael Gannon
City looking at St. Saviour's alternative
Ledger - November 17, 2011- By Howard Koplowitz
City surrenders in long battle to turn historic St. Saviour's site into Maspeth park
NY Daily News - November 10, 2011 - By Clare Trapasso
Park lover in a coma after being run down by cyclist
The Brooklyn Paper - November 10, 2011 - By Natalie O'Neill
Bicyclist mows down park volunteer
New York Daily News - November 10, 2011- By John Doyle
Advocates slam new bid to expand swanky tennis center on Randalls Island
New York Daily News - November 8, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
Travesty on the Green! Empty Tavern Cost City $2.2 M
The New York Observer - By Kat Stoeffel - December 7, 2011
Automobiles, Bikes and Pedestrians: Sharing Prospect Park's Drives
ParkSlope Patch - November 18, 2011 - By Will Yakowicz
Randall's Island Tennis Court Expansion Worries Advocates
DNAinfo - November 7, 2011 - By Jeff Mays
Hero ranger nabs park masturbator
The Brooklyn Paper - November 5, 2011 - By Natalie O'Neill
City Will Take Bids for a Casual Replacement for Tavern on the Green
New York Times - November 4, 2011 0 By Glenn Collins
Park ranger captures pistol-packing man pleasuring himself in the woods
New York Daily News - November 4, 2011 - By John Doyle
St. Saviour's activists want state to release funds
Times Ledger - November 4, 2011
East Side Park Padlocked
WPIX - September 2, 2011 - By Daniel Mannarino
Sutton Place South Gives Up the Ghost… of Its Backyard
New York Observer - November 2, 2011 - By Matt Chaban
Park Life: The East Side's Landless Gentry Fight for Every Scrap of Open Space
The New York Observer - October 11, 2011 - By Matt Chaban
Related closes UES playground to begin residential development
The Real Deal - September 12, 2011
Plans Killed for Project Tied to Probe
The Wall Street Journal - October 29, 2011 - By Joseph De Avila and Eliot Brown
Fort Greene Park Conservancy Struggles to Raise Funds
The Local - October 27, 2011 - By Rebecca Sesny
Employees want disgusting building fixed
Eyewitness News - October 25, 2011 - By Michelle Charlesworth
Park officers say their B'klyn building is being overrun by sewage and rats
New York Post - October 25, 2011 - By Rich Calder
Commission's not on Board(walk) with concrete design for Coney Island
New York Daily News - October 25, 2011- By Erin Durkin
Design Commission Keeps Concrete Away From Coney Island Boardwalk
NY 1 News - October 24, 2011 - By: Jeanine Ramirez
New York Post - October 24, 2011 - By Rich Calder
Upper East Side Residents Ask Developer To Save Playground
NY1 News - October 16, 2011
City's parkland plan for Maspeth church stalled
Times Ledger - October 13, 2011
Wait till next spring: New ballfields near the New Yankee Stadium for kids to be permit-only
New York Daily News - October 6 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
New York Post - October 2, 2011
A Critical Look at PlaNYC, Four Years After Its Launch
Architectural Record - September 29, 2011 - By C. J. Hughes
Odd Branch of Crime
The Wall Street Journal - September 16, 2011 - By Sumathi Reddy
Fight To Keep Park From Closing
WPIX News - September 15, 2011 - By Erica Pitzi
As Playground Closes, Residents Rally With Hope
Our Town - September 15, 2011- By Laura Shin
Residents Gird to Keep Park, Upper East Siders Rally as Plans for 49-Story Residential Tower Progress
The Wall Street Journal - September 12, 2011 - By Maura Webber Sadovi
Wait for a table at park pavilion could get longer
The Villager - September 8, 2011 - By Albert Amateau
Union Square meals threatened
New York Post - September 8, 2011- By Josh Margolin
Restaurateur Drops Bid for Union Square Pavilion Eatery
DNAinfo - September 7, 2011 - By Mary Johnson
Setback for Plans for Restaurant in Union Square Park
New York Times - September 7, 2011 - By Joseph Berger
Union Square Park eatery falls through
Crain's New York - September 7, 2011
East Side Park Padlocked
WPIX - September 2, 2011 - By Daniel Mannarino
Hot footing it: The heat is on artificial turf
Chelsea Now - August 24, 2011- By Bonnie Rosenstock
10 Major Architectural Failures
CNBC - August 22, 2011 - By Daniel Bukszpan
Which Park Is It, Anyway?
ParkSlopePatch - August 12, 2011 - By Johanna Clearfield
Is the revenue-generating park a good thing? Commissioner Benepe says it 'depends on who's in charge'
Capital New York - August 11, 2011 - By Dan Rosenblum
Inside the Brooklyn Bridge Park deal
The Brooklyn Paper - August 11, 2011- By Kate Briqeulet
City Readying First Flurry of Pink Slips
The Wall Street Journal - August 10, 2011 - By Michael Howard Saul
Summer Streets Anger Outer Boroughs
PIX 11 - August 4, 2011 - By Stephanie Tsoflias
Call For Crackdown On Poachers At Prospect Park
Targets Ducks, Pigeons & Squirrels For Food, Watchdog Group
PIX 11 - July 30, 2011 - By Ellyn Marks
'Game' time in B'klyn, Wildlife poachers
New York Post - July 30, 2011 - By Rich Calder
Losing $30M in annual fees shows city whiffed big-time on new Yankee Stadium, Citi Field
New York Daily News - July 29, 2011 - By Juan Gonzalez
Information not free: Park Department delays releasing records
New York Daily News - July 29, 2011 - By Nicholas Hirshon
Temps, tempers flare at city pools
Metro NY - July 25, 2011 - Alison Bowen and Emily Anne Epstein
Pool Violence
1010 Wins Radio - July 25, 2011
After bike theft tweet, Walmart races in
Crain's New York - July 20, 2011 - By Daniel Massey
Cruel thieves steal bikes readied for kids
The Queens Chronicle - July 21, 2011 - By Liz Rhoades
Bikes stolen from nonprofit Cycles swiped before first day of summer camp at Flushing Meadows
YourNabe - July 21, 2011 - By Joe Anuta
Nonprofit's Bikes Stolen From Flushing Meadows Corona Park
NY 1 - July 20, 2011 - By CeFaan Kim
Bikes stolen from non-profit in Queens
Eyewitness News - July 20, 2011 - By Jeff Pegues
Thieves ride off with $10000 in bike equipment meant for free kids sumer program
New York Daily News - July 20, 2011 - By Lisa L. Colangelo
Schwinndlers in mass theft
New York Post - July 20, 2011 - By Cynthia R. Fagen
Volunteers hope to keep Cadman Plaza spiffy
The Brooklyn Paper - July 7, 2011 - By Kate Briquelet
Lunacy at Coney Island pier: Parks Department goes from no enforcement to overenforcement
New York Daily News - July 5, 2011 - Michael Daly
Is the City rationing toilet paper on Coney Island?
WABC - July 4, 2011 - Michelle Charlesworth
Not a Square To Spare
Parks Department: No Toilet Paper Rationing At Coney Island Women’s Bathrooms
WCBS 880 - July 4m, 2011 - By Ginny Kosola
Toilet Paper Emergency: Parks Dept. Can Barely Spare A Square!
Gothamist - July 4, 2011 - B Garthy Johnston
Why your parks look like this: Because City Hall is slamming them with budget cuts
New York Daily News - June 3, 2011 - By Geoffrey Croft
New York Times - July 1, 2011 - By Joseph Berger
WPIX 11 - June 15, 2011 - By Kaity Tong
New York's ban on smoking in public places branded a joke after just ONE ticket is issued in the first month
The Daily Mail - June 28, 2011 - By Daniel Bates
City's Ban on Smoking Called 'an Absolute Joke'
Wall Street Journal - June 27, 2011- By Michael Howard Saul and Richard Autry
Demanding more security in public parks
El Diario NY - June 16, 2011 - By Christina Loboguerrero (Spanish translation by Emily Leavitt)
WPIX 11 - June 15, 2011 - By Kaity Tong
More Police needed to keep Upper Manhattan residents safe after rash of sexual attacks
New York Daily News - June 15, 2011 - Albor Ruiz
Maintaining Public Parks With Private Funds; Philanthropy, or Cash Grab?
Epoch Times - June 23, 2011 - By Tara MacIsaac
Arrests in Union Square park up 300%
Eyewitness News - June 21, 2011 - By Tim Fleischer
Urban Kayakers gain victory with Con Ed agreeing to move cable barricade at Bronx Kill by year's end
New York Daily News - June 21, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
Union Sq. Park tamed by NYPD
New York Post - June 20, 2011 - By John Doyle
Second-Class Parks: Despite hiring freeze, privately funded parks get more attention
City Hall - June 17, 2011 - By David Sims
City announces free Wi-Fi initiative for Queens parks
Queens Courrier - June 16, 2011 - By Joe Anuta
Rape, Shooting, Muggings In City Parks Prompt Demands For More Police
gothamist - June 16, 2011 - By John Del Signore
Exigen mas vigilancia en los parques
El Diario NY - June 16, 2011 - By Christina Loboguerrero
As Violent Crimes Mount, Many Call For More Park Enforcement Officers
NY 1 - June 15, 2011 - By Dean Meminger
NYC Park Crimes Spur Calls For More Patrols
New York Daily News - June 15, 2011
WNYC - June 15, 2011 - By Brian Zumhagen
Park Crime Wave - PIX 11 - June 15, 2011 - By Kaity Tong
Bx Residents Call For More Officers In Parks
News 12 Bronx - June 15, 2011 - By Gilma Avalos
Bk Residents Call For More Officers In Parks
News 12 Bronx - June 15, 2011 - By Josh Chapin
Ballfields at $120 million Randalls Island largely unused, not attracting neighborhood kids
New York Daily News - June 14, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
Agence France Press - June 12, 2011 - By Sebastian Smith
Living The High Line: Elevated Park Brings Big Business, But What’s Next?
New York Observer - June 7, 2011 - By David Freedlander
Housing, Park Proposals Collide in Chelsea
Wall Street Journal - June 7, 2011 - By Joseph De Avila
No Radios by the Fountain, Please! Or Cellos!
New York Times - June 5, 2011 - By Colin Moyniyan
Park music-ban protest
New York Post - June 6, 2011 - By Vinita Singla
Street musicians protest Central Park's new quiet zones that ban singing, strumming
New York Daily News - June 6th 2011 - By Lillian Rizzo
Musicians fined for performing in areas of Central Park
WABC - June 5, 2011 - By Lucy Yang
Central Park Musicians Plead the First
The Epoch Times - June 5, 2011 - By Catherine Yang
RAW VIDEO: Park Performer Protest
WPIX - June 5, 2011
Bethesda Fountain Is Now For Quiet Drinking, Not Music
gothamist - June 5, 2011 - Garth Johnston
Musicians Perform in Central Park to Protest 'Quiet Zones'
DNAinfo - June 5, 2011 - By Tim Gorta
Central Park Musicians Protest Crackdown
My Fox - June 5, 2011 By Mat Alverez
Musicians Protest Central Park's "Quiet Zones" Crackdown
WNBC - June 6, 2011
Musicians Protest New ‘Quiet Zones’ In Central Park
CBS - June 5, 2011 - By Dave Carlin
'Carting' off the buskers - Central Pk. food deal
New York Post - June 5, 2011
You Can Still Smoke in Some NYC Parks
Village Voice Blog - May 27 2011 - By Joe Coscarelli
Despite Ban, You Can Still Smoke In Battery Park
gothamist - May 27, 2011 - By Garth Johnston
Maspeth wants new park, Residents rally at St. Savior's site but city says it lacks the funds
Yournabe.com - May 26, 2011 - By Joe Anuta
Community presses city to acquire site
Queens Chronicle - May 26, 2011- By Michael Cusenza
Two Parks Exempt From Smoking Ban, Battery Park City and Hudson River Park under state jurisdiction
The Epoch Times - May 26, 2011 - By Zack Stieber
Neighborhood Residents Worry That Battery Park Could Become ‘Smoker’s Paradise’
CBS 2 - May 26, 2011 - By Don Daylor
Smoking Loophole Supposedly Found In Battery Park
NY1 News - May 26, 2011
Cig ban's ifs, ands & many butts, $50 ticket only if smokers refuse to snuff
New York Post - May 26, 2011 - By John Doyle, C.J Sullivan and Jeremy Olshan
They huff & they puff, Irked smokers defy park cig ban
New York Post - May 24, 2011- By Danny Gold and Jeremy Olshan
New Coney Island site is temporary home for summer concerts
New York Daily News - May 24, 2011 - By Erin Durkin
No smoking in Times Square - plus NYC parks beaches and public plazas under a new law
Associated Press - May 23 2011 - By Verena Dobnik
Like safe parks? Don't count on city to help out
New York Daily News - May 23, 2011 - By Geoffrey Croft
Huzzah! Parks Employees Can Talk To The Press Again
gothamist - May 22, 2011 - By Garth Johnston
Parks Department will let its workers talk to press, changing course
New York Daily News - May 22, 2011 - By Tina Moore
Don Pintabona, celeb chef behind 9/11 responder meal campaign, picked for Union Square restaurant
New York Daily News - May 17, 2011 - By Jonathan Lemire
Union Square Park Crimes Overblown, Benepe Says
NY 1 - May 17, 2011
Union Square Park sees spike in drug use, petty crimes
New York Post - May 16, 2011 - By John Doyle
Union Square's Drug and Crime Woes
FoxNY - May 16, 2011- By Diana Rocco
Union Square Is a ‘Lawless City Within a City’
NY Magazine - Intell - May 16, 2011 - By Chris Rovzar
There's no safe 'arbor', Thefts stump city
New York Post - May 8, 2011 - By Susan Edelman
Lack of officers leaves city parks ripe for crime: group
New York Daily New - May 3, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman and Lisa L. Colangelo
Outer Boroughs Suffer Most, Union, Council Say Parks Security Force Inadequate
The Chief - May 2, 2011 - By David Sims
Chelsea Residents Rally for New Green Space
The Epoch Times - April 31, 2011- By Zack Stieber
Parks Enforcement Force Stretched Too Thin, Some Say
NY 1 - April 28, 2011 - By Dean Meminger
Hidden dangers lurk in NYC parks
Metro NY - April 27, 2011 - By Alison Bowen
New York Times - April 27, 2011 - By Ashley Parker
Uptown Parks Short on Security Officers, Advocates Say
DNAinfo - April 27, 2011 - By By Jill Colvin and Jeff Mays
NY Council Hearing Reveals Park Patrol Disparity
The Epoch Times - April 27, 2011 - By Tara MacIsaac
For Earth Day, Mayor Releases New Sustainability Initiatives
The Epoch Times - April 21, 2011- By Tara MacIsaac
Heating oil phase-out part of NYC clean-air plan
Wall Street Journal Via Associated Press - April 21, 2011 - By Samantha Gross
Proposed JFK Expansion Stirs Controversy with Environmentalists
The Epoch Times - April 13, 2011 - By Margaret Lau
Tennis bubble at Greenpoint's McCarren Park: An ace for players or courting disaster with huge fees?
New York Daily News - April 12, 2011 - By Erin Durkin
City pooh-poohs pup-poo scourge
New York Post - April 3, 2011 - By Candice M. Giove
Summer concerts may be moved from Asser Levy
Bay Currents - April 1, 2011 - By David J. Glenn
No Field of Dreams for Bronx Kids But the Yankees got their taxpayer-subsidized stadium
NBC New York - April 1, 2011 - By Gabe Pressman
Markowitz’s Coney Is. concerts could be leaving Asser Levy Park
New Pork Post - The Brooklyn Blog - April 1, 2011
Proposed Cuts to City Parks Protested
Epoch Times - March 31, 2011 - By Margaret Lau
Yankee Field Replacement Delays
CBS News - March 31, 2011- By Tony Aiello
In Shadow of Yankee Stadium, 3 Unfinished Ball Fields
New York Times - March 31, 2011 - By Corey Kilgannon
Residents Shocked After Seeing Saplings Uprooted In Van Cortlandt Park
CBS News - March 28, 2011- By Hazel Sanchez
Qns. jogger foils attack
New York Post - March 28, 2011 - By Kevin Fasick
Tree slaughter
New York Post - March 28, 2011 - By Kevin Fasick
USTA serves up fourth arena
New York Post - March 28, 2011 - By John Doyle and Chuck Bennett
8G paddle for No. 1 off-leash scofflaw
New York Post - March 27, 2011 - By Heather Haddon
City parks: Paradise, paved over, hazardous to health?
Chelsea Now - March 23, 2011 - By Bonnie Rosenstock
Parks Enforcement Patrol officers say job-training participants are putting them at risk
New York Daily News - March 22, 2011 - By Lisa Colangelo
Using Welfare Clients on Patrols, Blame Parks Crime-Rise On Enforcement-Staff Cuts
The Chief - March 22, 2011 - By David Sims
Parks Enforcement Patrol officers say job-training participants are putting them at risk
New York Daily News - March 22, 2011 - By Lisa Colangelo
La ciudad no reporta crimenes en parques
El Diario - March 19, 2011 - Gloria Medina/EDLP
NYC tennis players raise racket over Parks Dept. hike in permit prices
New York Daily News - March 18, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman, Lisa L. Colangelo and Jake Pearson
Fresh Kills park plan is down in the dumps
New York Post - March 14, 2011- By Rich Calder
Bronx Parks see a 'frightening' crime surge; Crotona Park largest spike in NYC
New York Daily News - March 10, 2011 - By Daniel Beekman
Crime up 24 Percent in City Parks, Crotona Park in Bronx sees 414 percent spike in crime
The Epoch Times - March 8, 2011 - By Tara MacIsaac
At Least Two City Parks See Rise In Crime
NY 1 - March 8, 2011 - By Dean Meminger
Robbery Pattern Prompts NYPD Post at Jackie Robinson Park
DNAinfo - March 8, 2011 - By Jeff Mays
Report: Crime Soared in Central Park Last Year
DNAinfo - March 8, 2011 - By Olivia Scheck
Cost to play tennis 'doubles' in city's fee plan
New York Post - March 7, 2011 - By Rich Calder
Nine alternatives to housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Downtown Star - March 1, 2011 - By Daniel Bush
100 charged with tree abuse in NYC in 2010
The Wall Street Journal via - AP - February 27, 2011
Crime Wave Targets City Trees, Says Report
DNAinfo - February 27, 2011 - By Adam Nichols
Thugs tear trees limb from limb
New York Post - February 27, 2011 - By Heather Haden
Ruffled feathers! Environmentalists, Walmart foes want to stop Four Sparrows shopping center
YourNabe - February 22, 2011 - By Thomas Tracy
Chelsea Residents Fight Over a Small Patch of Land
New York Press - February 22, 2011- By Hannah Rappleye
New York Post - February 20, 2011 - By Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein
Watchdog says Central Park crime up 44 percent
WABC - February 15, 2011 - By Anthony Johnson
Aumenta el crimen en Parque Central
El Diaro NY - February 15 2011 - By Annie Correal
Crime in Central Park Up 44 Percent
Epoch Times Staff - February 15, 2011 - By Tara MacIsaac
Crime Up Sharply in Central Park
WNBC - February 14, 2011 - By Geoffrey Decker
Crime Spike at Central Park in 2010
Wall Street Journal - February 15, 2011 - By Maya Pope-Chappell
Central Park Crime Spiked in 2010
MyFox - February 14, 2011
Park Proponents Vow to Fight On for West 20th Street Green Space
DNAinfo - January 27, 2011 - Tara Kyle
Community Board, Locals Split Over Use Of Chelsea Lot
NY1 News - January 14, 2010 - By Rebecca Spitz
At 136 W. 20th: A park or affordable housing?
Chelsea Now - January 12, 2010 - By Bonnie Rosenstock
Prospect Park tennis bubbles collapse from heavy snow
The Brooklyn Blog - New York Post - December 31, 2010 - By Rich Calder
City looks to build restaurant in Union Square
Washington Square News - December 8, 2010 - By Jaewon Kang
Community Gardens Safeguarded
Epoch Times - Nov 30, 2010 - By Tara MacIsaac
New nabe for old Abe
New York Post - November 26, 2010 - By John Doyle
DC 37 Local Leader Blames Roberts For ‘Allowing’ Parks Cuts
The Chief - November 22, 2010 - By David Sims
NYC Parks Department Faces Budget Cuts
Mayor Bloomberg's proposal would trim $35 million off the department's budget for next year
WFUV - November 19, 2010- By Ben Allen
2M kick in the Astroturf
New York Post - November 15, 2010 - By Rich Calder
Court Not Playing Ball: Nabe complains it's shut out
New York Daily News - November 2, 2010 - By Dan Beekman
SPIKE: Crime Skyrockets In Central Park, Bad Economy Said To Be Reason For 45% Jump From Year Ago
WCBS - November 1, 2010 - By Magee Hickey
Crime in Central Park grows by whopping 45% in 2010: NYPD
New York Daily News - October 30th, 2010 - By James Fanelli
Two city charter schools eye closing off St. Andrew's Park for sports teams
New York Daily News - October 14, 2010 - By Jake Pearson
Budget Cuts Put New Yorkers At Even Greater Risk of Falling Trees
Damage from a recent storm has re-focused attention on the danger of falling tree branches.
DNAinfo - October 6, 2010 - By Jill Colvin
New homeless sweeps put us at risk, park cops say
New York Daily News - September 27, 2010 - By Daniel Beekman
Union Square Booming Despite Soft Economy
New York Times - September 21, 2010 - By Keith Mulvihill
No butts about it: Mayor Bloomberg to expand smoking ban to city parks and beaches
New York Daily News - September 15, 2010 - By Kathleen Lucadamo
City won't see the more than $17 million paid to host Fashion Week in public park at Lincoln Center
New York Daily News - September 11th 2010 - By Tina Moore
Parks Department chopped down 56 trees, moved 11 to make way for Fashion Week at Lincoln Center
New York Daily News - September 10, 2010 - By Tina Moore
Taking the Inequality out of Park Maintenance
ASLA Dirt - September 7, 2010
New York Post - August 29, 2010 - By Kathianne Boniello
New playground next to eyesore park angers nabe
New York Daily News - August 31, 2010 - By Daniel Beekman
Common Tragedies and Urgency Addictions
New York Times City Room - August 19, 2010 - By J. David Goodman
Suspicious Blaze Destroys Central Park Buggies
DNAinfo - August 7, 2010 - Adam Nichols
Central Pk. golf-cart blaze
New York Post - August 7, 2010 - John Doyle and Kevin Fasick
Central Park has New York's worst rise in crime
New York Post - August 6, 2010 - Lorena Mongelli
Mayor Signs Marty's Bill; Neil Sedaka Must Be Thrilled
New York Daily News - July 13, 2010 - By Adam Lisberg
Tree-tragedy slam at city
New York Post - July 18, 2010 - Kathianne Boniello
Mayor expresses new sympathy for opponents of Coney amphitheater plan, but still plans to back it
New York Post - The Brooklyn Blog - July 12, 2010 - By Sally Goldenberg and Rich Calder
New York Daily News - July 11, 2010 - By Tina Moore
Harlem's Highbridge Park is a poster child for neglect by city after condoms wrappers, needles found
New York Daily News - July 11, 2010 - By Tina Moore
New York Daily News - July 9, 2010 - By Jonathan Lemire
Heat and Turf - (Follow Up)
WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 - July 8, 2010 - By Peter Haskell
Beware: Heat Wave Turning Surfaces into Stoves
WCBSTV - July 7, 2010 - By Kirstin Cole
(Video Library)
WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 - July 7, 2010 - By Peter Haskell
1010WINS - July 7, 2010
Park Surfaces Reach 171 Degrees!
The Gothamist - July 7, 2010 - Jen Carson
Should State Parks Be Privatized?
MyFOX NY - July 7, 2010
Baby Hawk Gets TLC
New York Daily News - July 6, 2010 - By Mike Jaccarino
Our most disgusting ‘Meadows of Shame’ video — ever!
The Brooklyn Paper - July 5, 2010
State of Play: How Tot Lots Became Places to Build Children’s Brains
The New Yorker - July 5, 2010 - By Rebecca Mead
City's artificial turf fields full of holes, loose seams according to new survey
New York Daily News - July 4, 2010 - By Vinnie Rotondaro, Peter Simunovich and Elizabeth Hays
New Yorkers rescue baby hawk in South Bronx by canoe (photos)
NY Destinations Examiner - July 1, 2010 - Leslie Koch
Work begins on new Heritage Field where old Yankee Stadium once stood
New York Daily News - June 30, 2010 - By Mike Jaccarino
Ground Broken at Heritage Field Near Yankee Stadium
Epoch Times - June 29, 2010- By Jack Phillips
Baby's death sparks probe of Central Park's arbor upkeep: Who's in charge of killer tree?
New York Daily News - June 28, 2010 - By Ruby Cramer and Helen Kennedy
A Baby Dies and Agencies Pass the Buck, Who is responsible for maintaining trees in Central Park?
NBC New York - June 28, 2010 - By Gabe Pressman
Watchdog: Playground Turf at 170 Degrees in Heat
WCBS - June 28, 2010 - By Hazel Sanchez
Baby's death sparks probe of Central Park's arbor upkeep: Who's in charge of killer tree?
New York Daily News - June 28th 2010 - By Ruby Cramer and Helen Kennedy
Bill would allow outdoor concerts near schools, houses of worship
DNAinfo - June 24, 2010 - By Rich Calder
Parks near Yankee Stadium set to open, but critics say city is still shortchanging residents
New York Daily News - June 22, 2010 - By Mike Jaccarino
New York City to Keep 4 Outdoor Pools Closed
DNAinfo - June 21, 2010 - Reported by Nicole Johnson
City's budget woes shut down Douglas and DeGraw, Fort Totten, West Brighton and Wagner pools
New York Daily News - June 20, 2010 - By Kathleen Lucadamo
Residents Cry Foul Over Removal of a Union Square Playground
DNAinfo - June 14, 2010 - By Jill Colvin
The High Cost of Free Parks, Do Public-Private Partnerships Save Parks or Exploit Them?
Next American City - Summer 2010 - By Patrick Arden
Artificial Turf to Be Screened for Safety
New York Times Green Blog - June 3, 2010 - By Mireya Navarro
When Play Equipment Is Too Hot to Handle
CBS The Early Show - June 2, 2010 - By - Susan Koeppen
Advocates Protest Cuts to Parks Department
Epoch Times - June 1, 2010 - By Helena Zhu
Rallyers Protest Cuts to City Park
NBC New York - June 1, 2010
Fun to Climb, Until the Temperature Does, Too
New York Times - May 28, 2010 - By Bao Ong
Advocates Criticize Union Square Park (Some More)
Gothamist - May 25, 2010
Union Square Residents Plan to Sue Over City's Plan For Cafe in Union Square Park
DNAinfo - May 25, 2010 - By Nicole Breskin
Parents Anxious for Union Square Climbing Dome to Reopen After Safety Hazard Shut It Down
DNAinfo - May 24, 2010 - By Nicole Breskin
Union Square Playground Equipment Has Parents Heated
NY 1 - May 24, 2010 - By Anthony Pascale
Parts of $3.8 Million Union Square Playground Roped Off Due to Safety Concerns
DNAinfo - May 24, 2010 - By Nicole Breskin
New York Post - May 25, 2010 - By Rich Calder
City Accepting Bids for Controversial Restaurant Inside Union Square Pavillion
DNAinfo - May 20, 2010 - By Nicole Breskin
Playground dome too hot to handle
The Villager - May 19, 2010 - By Albert Amateau
Hudson River Park Opens, but 41 More Close
Epoch Times - May 18, 2010 - By Jack Phillips
NYS Closing 55 Parks, Historic Sites Monday,
Residents Not Pleased With Gov. Paterson's Latest Attempt To Get Legislature's Attention On Overdue Budget
WCBS TV - May 17, 2010 - By Tony Aiello
Governor Paterson Slashes State Park
WCBS TV - May 17, 2010 - By Tony Aiello
Cuts Force Closures and Reduced Hours at State Parks
WNYC - May 17, 2010 - by Jenna Flanagan
NYS to Close or Cut Hours at 55 Parks
The Associated Press - May 14, 2010 - By Chris Carola
Heavy metal machers eye Marty’s amphitheater for Iron Maiden and Metallica
The Brooklyn Paper - May 14, 2010 - By Joe Maniscalco
New York State to Close 55 Parks, Historic Sites
Norwood News - May 6, 2010 - by Alex Kratz
Lead-Contaminated Field Still Being Used: Reports Show Extremely High Level of Toxins
Norwood News - May 6, 2010 - by Alex Kratz
City Scraps Plans To Build Tennis Bubble In Central Park
NY1 - April 29, 2010 - By Vivian Lee
Winter tennis in Central Park nixed
New York Post - April 29, 2010- By Rich Calder
Thirst thing's first on dry Governors Island
New York Post - April 26, 2010 - By Rich Calder
Union Square Next to Go Car-Free in Pedestrian Plaza Proposal
DNAinfo - April 26, 2010- By Patrick Hedlund
State Parks at Risk?
Fox News - April 24, 2010 - Laura Ingle
Boards walk out of Coney
New York Post - April 22, 2010 - By Rich Calder
Test finds high levels of lead under Jerome Park ballfields
New York Daily News - April 22, 2010 - By Daniel Beekman
Oval to Stay Open This Summer
Our Town - April 21, 2010 - By Lucas Corcoran and Dan Rivoli
Op-ed: Privatizing parks is a bad idea
The Brooklyn Paper - April 16, 2010 - By Geoffrey Croft
Brooklyn Bridge Park playground closed for repairs less than a month after opening
New York Daily News - April 16, 2010 - By Jeff Wilkins and Elizabeth Hays
Visitors slam heat and traffic peril at Brooklyn Bridge Park
New York Daily News - April 9th 2010 - By Jeff Wilkins and Elizabeth Hays
Parents urge officials to remove 'dangerous' metal climbing domes in new Brooklyn Bridge Park
New York Daily News - April 8, 2010 - By Jeff Wilkins & Elizabeth Hays
New Playground Too Hot For Kids To Handle, Brooklyn Bridge park featuring steeldomes that sizzle when sun is out
WPIX News - April 7, 2010
Brooklyn Bridge Park responds to heat over new play equipment
New York Post: The Brooklyn Blog - April 7, 1010 - By Rich Calder
As Warm Weather Returns, So Do Park Dangers
CBS News - April 7, 2010 - Cindy Hsu
Brooklyn playground takes heat for equipment temps
WABC Eyewitness News - April 07, 2010 - By Sandra Bookman
One Hot Playground!
WNBC News - April 7, 2010 - By Tim Minton
Brooklyn Bridge Park A Real Scorcher, Parents Say
NY 1 News - April 7, 2010
Parents fuming over Brooklyn's playground's 'hot' steel attraction
New York Daily News - April 7, 2010 - By Elizabeth Hays
Parks to Cut 173 Civil Service Jobs, 4 Pools - Union Warns of Impact
The Chief - April 6, 2010 - By David Sims
Renewal, Without Sanctuary
New York Times - April 5, 2010 - By Clyde Haberman
In NY's Central Park, where goes Peter Cottontail?
The Washington Post via AP - April 3, 2010 - By Megan K. Scott
The Yankees, Unobstructed: A New Season Begins with Closure
Bronx News Network - April 3, 2010 - By Graham Kates
New York State Office of Parks to close Bayswater State Park to save $5,500 on $9 billion deficit
New York Daily News - March 28, 2010 - By Darren Tobia
Ballet company, philharmonic targeted for proposed Coney amphitheater
New York Post: Brooklyn Blog - March 25, 2010 - By Rich Calder
Nine security officers for Brooklyn Bridge Park highlights lack of security in less funded areas
New York Daily News - March 24, 2010 - By Erin Durkin
Heap of trouble for composting facility
New York Daily News - March 23, 2010 - By Daniel Beekman
Tree Graveyard Grows in Brooklyn
New York Daily News - March 21, 2010 - By Jeff Wilkins and Mike McLaughlin
No Gang War, but a Turf Battle Nonetheless
New York Times - City Room - March 18, 2010 - By Elisa Mala
UES Board Deflates Year-Round Tennis Proposal
NY 1 - March 17, 2010 - By Rebecca Spitz
Yankees Hits bring Down Stadium
New York Daily News - March 11, 2010 - Photo By Geoffrey Croft/NYC Park Advocates
The Pull
New Yorker - March 22 2010 - by Nick Paumgarten
Officials Defend Timeline For Yankee Stadium Demolition
NY 1 - March 10, 2010 - By Dean Meminger
Marsh madness at park! Soaked Parade Grounds stays shut as the city eyes irrigation
New York Daily News - March 9, 2010 - By Bill Egbert
Tree Care Questioned
Our Town - March 4, 2010 - By Samuel Chamberlain
City Parks Dept Faces Major Cuts, Pools to Close
The Gothamist - March 1, 2010 - By John Del Signore
Fans Fight for Piece of Old Yankee Stadium
The Bronx Ink - March 1, 2010 - By Hunter Walker
Tennis, everyone? East Siders don't get choice as park where Joe Namath batted becomes private clubk
New York Daily News - February 19, 2010 By Christina Boyle and Kerry Burke
Residents game for parks update Frustration rages on about new Stadium
New York Daily News - February 16, 2010 - By Benjamin Peim
New York Times - February 10, 2010 - By Mireya Navarro
New amphitheater could leave neighbors with concrete slab
Bay News - By Joe Maniscalco - January 19, 2010
Bx. field now city's $14M blunder land
New York Post - By Rich Calder - January 19, 2010
Turf War, Why the fight for private school access to public land isn’t over yet
Our Town - By Adam Bloch - January 13, 2010
Remedy for Asser Levy "dustbowl" - concrete
Bay News - By Joe Maniscalco- January 12, 2010
Amphitheater critics anticipate hearing
Bay News - By Joe Maniscalco - January 4, 2010
Handi-flap at Bryant bazaar
New York Post - By James Fanellis - January 3, 2010
Park 'row' in Queens Fury over apt. $$ for esplanade
New York Post - By Rich Calder - December 28, 2009
New Randalls Island Deal With Private Schools Is Rejected
New York Times - By Charles V. Bagli - December 23, 2009
Judge Rules Against City's Plan To Lease Ball Fields To Private Schools
NY 1 - December 23, 2009
Judge slams city's preppy-sport boo$t
New York Post - By Laura Italiano and Yoav Gonen - December 23, 2009
Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again
New York Daily News - By Juan Gonzales - December 23, 2009
Court rules against Randall’s Island land use
The Real Deal - December 23, 2009
Judge Rejects City's Private Ballfield Plan For Randalls Island ... Again
gothamist - December 23, 2009 - By Ben Muessig
Judge rules Randall's Island field plan illegal
WABC News - December 22, 2009
Judge Strikes Down Randall's Island Deal
WBAI NY Evening News - 11:00pm - December 22, 2009 - By Jose Santiago
09:35 - 14:50
Court Shoots Down City Deal With Private Schools
New York Times City Room - December 22, 2009 - By Charles V. Bagli
No 'Coney Island Center' without environmental study
Courlier Life / New York Post - By Joe Maniscalco - December 21, 2009
New York Times - December 16, 2009 - By Mireya Navarro
Marty's amphitheater worries commission
Bay News - December 16, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
City Design Commission puts Coney amphitheater vote on hold
New York Post: The Brooklyn Blog - December 14, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Hudson River Park under pier pressure
New York Post - December 14, 2009 - By Tom Topousis & Rich Calder
Saying he’s being railroaded, artist is arrested again
The Villager - December 9, 2009 - By Lincoln Anderson
CB 2 approves plans for park at Hunters Pt.
Times Ledger - December 9, 2009 - By Jeremy Walsh
Triple-Sized Union Square Park Playground Opens
The Epoch Times - December 3, 2009 - By Jack Phillips
High Line arrest takes art argument to another level
The Villager - December 2, 2009 - By Lincoln Anderson
Without Enough Public Money or Private Donors, Uptown Parks Suffer
The Uptowner - December 1, 2009 - By Sarah Butrymowicz
High Line's Stumbling Blocks
Chelsea Now - November 5, 2009
Union Square Residents Threaten Lawsuit over Park Restaurant
DNAinfo - October 18, 2009 - By Nicole Breskin
Bronx Residents Wait For Park At Old Stadium Site
NY 1 - November 14, 2009 - Dean Meminger
New York City Parks Not So Green - Parks fail to recycle more than 35,000 tons, says advocacy group
The Epoch Times - November 9, 2009 - by Evan Mantyk
Retractable roof could cover Coney Island amphitheater
New York Post - November 9, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Park's recycling is out with the trash
New York Post - November 9, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Parks Doesn't rule out amphitheater ULURP
Bay News - November 4, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
City Keeps (Stadium) gate open: Yanks fan's plan for memorial still in game
New York Daily News - November 3, 2009 - By Benjamin Peim
City, Parks Dept. Sued For Flawed Highline Design, Broken Ankle
The Gothamist - November 2, 2009 - By Jen Carlson
High Line Hit with suit
Metro NY - November 2, 2009 - By Amy Zimmer
New York back to the future
New York Daily News - November 1, 2009 - By Jacob E. Osterhout
Highline "Hazards" Could Cost City
1010 Wins - November 1, 2009 - By Sonia Rincon
Costly 'trips' on High Line
New York Post - November 1, 2009 - By James Fanelli & Rich Calder
As Their Numbers Grow, Questions Persist About Role Of BIDs In New York
City Hall News - October 28, 2009 - By Andrew Hawkins
Crime spike's no walk in the park
New York Post - October 25, 2009 - By James Fanelli
Mayor’s Environmental Record: Grand Plans and Small Steps Forward
New York Times - October 22, 2009 - By Mireya Navarro
We're paying $ 14M to open a few locks
New York Post - October 18, 2009 - by Angela Montefinise
Parks Enforcement Staff Short in Most Boroughs
The Chief - October 9, 2009 - By David Sims
Not so ‘amped up’ anymore: Borough president's $64M dream project gets verbal makeover
Bay News - October 9, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco with Michèle De Meglio
Not easy going green - Bloomy's grand eco-plan hitting snags
New York Post - October 4, 2009 - Angela Montefinse
Your 2 Cents: Geoffrey Croft Of NYC Park Advocates
NY 1 - October 1, 2009
The Micro-Economy of Union Square
New York Magazine - September 27, 2009 - By Kevin Gray
Activists, pols 'Square' off over café in park
New York Post - September 27, 2009 - By James Fanelli
Tree Vandals Hit Queens Park, Uproot New Debate
NY 1 - September 24, 2009 - By CeFaan Kim
Fat cats turn park-keeper groups into their 'shady' money trees
New York Post - September 13, 2009 - By James Fanelli
Rally to Keep Payground Open
Fox 5 News - September 12, 2009
Protestors speak out against development
NYC Pavement Pieces - September 12, 2009 - By Rachel Wise
Marty's 'Potato chip' gets stale
The Brooklyn Paper - September 11, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
Marty hits pause - Drive to build new amphitheater is delayed
Bay News - September 10, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
City must PEP up and hire more park patrol officers
New York Daily News - September 2, 2009 - By Geoffrey Croft
Parks Enforcement Patrol not providing enough security
New York Daily News - September 2, 2009 - By Natalie Shields
City’s Beach Clubs Catch Government Scrutiny
New York Times - August 31, 2009 - Manny Fernandez
Metro NY - August 25, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
Metro NY - August 19, 2009
Macombs park turf too hot for them to handle! Critic's thermometer hits 150 degrees
New York Daily News - August 18, 2009 - By Bill Egbert
Bronx Golf Course Idea Now A Nightmare For NYC
WCBS TV - August 17, 2009 - By Marcia Kramer
Golf Site $100M in Rough - City 'Boondoggle'
New York Post - August 17, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Expert in Lawn Report Worked for the Parks Department
New York Times - City Room - August 7, 2009 - By Simon Akam
Sky 'High' Costs
Tax-Seeking New Park Already NY's Priciest
New York Post - August 3, 2009 - By Rich Calder
A Public - slash - Private Park
Gotham Gazette - August 2009 - By Alex Kane
New York Magazine - July 28, 2009 - By Erica Orden
Metro NY - July 27, 2009 - By Pat Arden
Parks Dept. optimistic in spite of cuts
New York Post - July 27, 2009 - By Junico Simino
1st Amendment flap at Seaside Summer Concert Series
Bay News - July 21, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
Private picnic provokes parks protest
Crain’s New York Business - July 7, 2009 - By Daniel Massey
Between Two Beaches, Debate Crests Over a Park
City Limits - July 13, 2009 - By Alissa Ambrose
Article about Asser Levy Park
NRS - Daily Russian American Newspaper on the Web - July 7, 2009
'No' to Tax Break - Push for Related to keep Ruppert Park
Our Town - June 24, 2009 - By Zara Kessler
Mayor Bloomber's priorities out of whack
New York Daily News - June 16, 2009 - By Patrice O'Shaughnessy
Parks Gadfly Buzzes Establishment
The Huffington Post - June 15, 2009
An Army of One (Cover Story)
Crain's New York Busniess - June 15, 2009 - By Daniel Massey
YouTube - June 15, 2009 - By students at NYU
Two cities spurn crumb rubber in artificial turf
USA Today - June 10, 2009 - By A. J. Perez
Advocates for other parks angered by extra security for new High Line
New York Daily News - June 8, 2009 - June 10, 2009 - By Joy Resmovits, Kenny Porpora, Erin Einhorn
Raw Sewage Leak Closes Several NYC Beaches
WPIX 11 - June 9, 2009 - By Stephanie Barish
Safe Parks' Green' -est
New York Post - June 8, 2009 - By Bill Sanderson & John Doyle
Fun And Fumes - Parks near busy roadways raise concerns about car exhaust dangers (PDF)
AM NY - June 8, 2009 - By Ryan Chatelain
Animal - Rites Horror
Wanton Sects Litter Parks with Gore
New York Post - June 7, 2009 - By James Fanelli and Rich Calder
Privatized pavilion's opponents make another pitch to Board 5
The Villager - June 3, 2009 - By Albert Amateau
Metro NY - June 2, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
Asser Levy showdown looming
Bay News - May 28, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
Brooklyn Residents Protest Construction Of New Amphitheater
NY 1 - May 27, 2009
Fiscal Crisis Cuts City Park Plans
New York Post - May 26, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Federal stimulus funds will open Randall's Island to Bronxites
Mott Haven Herald - May 26, 2009 - By Lindsay Lazarski
Theater of the Outraged
Bay News - May 21, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
Group's study blasts city for park replacement lags
New York Daily News - May 19. 2009 - Bill Egbert
Coney Island Cluster
Rally against Markowitz's 'Potato chip' plan (PDF)
The Brooklyn Paper - May 22, 2009 - By Gersh Kuntzman
Coney Sound & Fury
New York Post - May 18, 2009 - By C. J. Sullivan
'Court' Fight Over Famed Village Hoops Site
New York Post - May 18, 2009 - By Rich Calder
The Brooklyn Paper - May 18, 2008 By Gersh Kuntzman
Metro NY - May 18, 2009 - By Pat Arden
Protest To Keep Amphitheater Open
NY 1 - May 17, 2009
Amphitheater Protest
News 12 - Brooklyn - May 17, 2009
Metro NY - May 13, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
NY Yankees to Auction Off Old Stadium Memorabilia
WNYC - May 11, 2009
Broken Promises - Yankees Replacement Parks
NPR - "Only A Game" (www.onlyagame.org | 8:12-13:.23) - May 9, 2009 - By Kirk Carapezza
Are our Public Parks for Sale?
WNBC News - May 8, 2009 - By Brain Ries
Saving Ruppert Playground
Our Town - May 7, 2009
Dropping the Ball
How the New Yankee Stadium Turned Parks into Parking Lots
E/The Environmental Magazine - May /June 2009 - By Matt Johanson
In a Dense District, a Park in Peril
New York Times - May 2, 2009 - By Saki Knafo
UES Protest Proposed High-Rise In Local Park Space
The Epoch Times - April 27, 2009 - By Catherine Yang
Metro NY - April 27, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
Curbed: CurbedWire: Ruppert Rally Illustrated, Architects Storm LIC
Curbed - April 27, 2009
Developers May Raze UES Playground for Another Bad Creation
gothamist - April 27, 2009 - Billy Parker
Upper East Side Playground May Sprout 40-Story Tower
Curbed - April 27, 2009
East Side Park Fury
New York Post - April 27, 2009 - by Edmund Demarche
Save Ruppert Park Rally
1010 WINS News Radio - April 26, 2009
What a dump that Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is, Canarsie, cries
New York Daily News - April 25, 2009 - By Jeff Wilkins
Protestors target Related Cos. park project
Crains New York Business - April 24, 2009 - by Daniel Massey
Fans and opponents attend opening of Yankee Stadium
The Bronx Times - April 23, 2009 - By Daniel Beekman
Displaced by Yankees, Some Bronx Athletic Teams Go Homeless
New York Times - April 18, 2009 - By Manny Fernandez
Promises to Replace Parkland Taken For Yankee Stadium Not Kept
WBAI Evening News - April 16, 2009 - reported by Jose Santiago
Yankees and Bronx Park Controversy
Fox Five News - April 16, 2009 - Reported by Rob Malcolm
Park Protest Hits the Bronx
Crains New York Business - April 7, 2009
Boardwalk Rock - City Push for Coney Concerts
New York Post - April 4, 2009 - By Rich Calder
Report From The New Yankee Stadium
Fox News - April 4, 2009 - By Linda Schmidt
Union Square Pavilion Restaurant Gets Green Light From Judge
Gothamist - March 31, 2009 - By John Del Signore
Associated Press - March 30, 2009
Coney residents protest boro prez's concert arena
New York Daily News - March 29, 2009 - By Elizabeth Hayes
New Stadium park in on-deck circle
New York Daily News - March 23, 2009 - By Bill Egbert
Marty Faces Fight; Many vow to block amphitheater
Bay News - March 19, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalco
Nuestros ninos Merecen Mejor que el cesped articial
El Diaro/La Presnsa - March 18, 2009 - By Geoffrey Croft
Lack Of Parks Surround New Stadium, For Now
NY 1 - March 18, 2008 - Reporter - Shazia Khan
Turf Wars
Road to City Hall - NY 1 - March 13, 2008 - Reporter - Dominic Carter
Reject Bloomberg's pay-to-play arrogance
New York Daily News - March 10, 2009 - by Juan Gonzalez
Lead test Heats Up Turf War; City Considers A Moratorium On Crumb Rubber Fields
West Side Spirit - February 19, 2009 - By Sarah Seltzer
PARK POLITICS: Debate Rages Over Artificial Turf As Council Revisits Material's Use
Queens Tribune - February 19, 2009 - By Vladic Ravich
The great Bronx heist
Examiner.com - February 16, 2009 - By Bernie Mooney
A look at “Marty’s Potato Chip” aka the Grimshaw Amphitheater
Gowanus Lounge - February 13, 2009
Parks tests artificial surfaces for toxic lead
Queens Chronicle - February 12, 2009 - By Paul Leonard
City yields ground on crumb rubber in turf wars
New York Daily News - February 10, 2009 - By Frank Lombardi with Erin Einhorn
City yields ground on crumb rubber in turf wars
New York Daily News - February 10, 2009 - By Frank Lombardi with Erin Einhorn
- New York, USA
- Beijing,China
Hong Kong
Metro NY - February 9, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
City Holds Hearing on Synthetic Turf
NY1 - February 9, 2009
Toxic turf troubles park
Metro NY - February 9, 2009 - By Patrick Arden
At City’s Synthetic Fields, High Lead Levels Fuel Debate
New York Times - February 9, 2009 - By Cara Buckley
City Eyes Ban on Toxic Turf
New York Post - February 9, 2009 - By Rebecca Rosenberg
New Turf Battle in Park: Getting the Lead out of field
New York Daily News - February 9, 2009 - By Lore Croghan
Toxic Turf and City Parks
Fox 5 NY - February 8, 2009 - by Lisa Evers
Toxic Turf
WABC News - February 8, 2009
Lawmakers and community activists call for a moratorium on synthetic turf fields.
NY1 - February 8, 2009
Turf War Brewing in New York City Parks
1010 WINS - February 8, 2009
Critics jeer amphitheater - Park advocates denounce plan for new Coney Island Ctr.
yournabe.com - February 6, 2009 - By Joe Maniscalo
Why can’t this man dig in Prospect Park?
The Brooklyn Paper - February 5, 2009 - By Mike Mclaughlin
Residents say no to Marty's giant potato chip in park
Gowanus Lounge - February 2009 - By David Glenn
Stadium's Parks $oar
New York Post - January 28, 2009 - By Sally Godenberg
Taxpayers' running tab: Cost for parkland at Yankee Stadium up 67%r
New York Daily News - January 28, 2009 - By Greg. B. Smith
Cost Of Yankee Stadium Parks Called Into Question
NY1 - January 27, 2009 - By Dean Meminger
Coney residents: Asser Levy us alone!
The Brooklyn Paper - January 23, 2009 - By Mike McLaughlin
$ 64 Million Question: New Seaside Park Amphitheater
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - January 23, 2009 - By Harold Egelin
Opposition To New Coney Amphitheater
Curbed - January 16, 2009 - By Robert
Opposition to Markowitz Coney Ampitheater Building?
Gowanus Lounge - January 16, 2009
The Yankees, the Mob, and the Two-Headed Bailout
Esquire - January 13, 2009 - By John H. Richardson
Early Spring for W'burg state park?>
New York Daily News - January 7, 2009 - By Erin Durkin
Mayor Mike and the Yanks: How Suite It Is
Village Voice - January 6, 2009 - By Tom Robbins
Pol: No More Turf In City Pks. Until Fields Tested For Toxins Seek Synthetic Ban After Lead Found
Times Newsweekly - December 31, 2008
City Council's Bill de Blasio, Jessica Lappin hot over playground mats
New York Daily News - December 31, 2008 - By Rachel Monahan
City Shuts Playground Over Lead Concern
New York Times - December 24, 2008 - By Sewell Chan
Harlem Park Closed for High Lead Level
WNYC - December 24, 2008 - By Jenna Flannagan
Toxic Turf
MY 9 News TV - December 23, 2008, 10:20 pm
City Park Tests Positive For Lead
NY1 - December 23, 2008 - By Ty Chandler
Toxic Turf
WABC Eyewitness News 7 - December 23, 2008
Elevated Lead Levels at Harlem Soccer Field
Fox 5 - December 23, 2008
Toxic Turf
1010 WINS Radio - December 23, 2008 - By Jim Powers
Press Release - City Must Issue an Immediate Moratorium on the Installation of Artificial Turf: Synthetic Turf Field Shut Down in East Harlem after Testing Revealed High Lead Levels
By Besty Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - December 23, 2008
Park closed for toxic turf
Metro NY - December 23, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Lead in turf shuts East Harlem field
New York Daily News - December 22, 2008 - By Frank Lombardi
Looking Ahead to the New Year: Predictions 2009
Gotham Gazette - December 22, 2008 - By Geoffrey Croft
Goal! Astoria soccer field opens
Queens Chronicle - December 11, 2008 - By Paul Leonard
'Benefits' of stadium are a city whitewash
New York Daily News - December 3, 2008 - By Bettina Damiani and Geoffrey Croft
The Yankees will play, but for now, kids won't
New York Daily News - December 2, 2008 - By Bill Egbert
Funds cuts precinct's plans
New York Daily News - December 2, 2008 - By Lisa Coangelo
Park labor battle in bloom
New York Daily News - November 25, 2008 - By Lisa Coangelo
Coney's $ 64 Mil Rock In The Park
New York Post - November 24, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Brand-new park in Williamsburg shut down for winter
New York Daily News - November 13, 2008 - By Erin Durkin
W'Burg Park Budget Victim
New York Post - November 12, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Paterson Budget Cuts Shutter Popular Brooklyn Park
WNBC News Channel 4 - November 12, 2008 - By Brian Ries
Recalling square’s history, fearing for its future
The Villager - October 29, 2008 - By Jefferson Siegel
Union Sq celebrates historic anniversary
Metro NY - October 24, 2008 by Amy Zimmer
Private group contracts cause safety patrol dip for borough parklands
New York Daily News - October 4th 2008 By Lisa L. Colangelo
Hopes of quick park completion eroding
The Villager - October 3, 2008 - By Julie Shapiro
Does the Yankees Park Deal cheat the Bronx?
The Village Voice - September 22, 2008 - By Neil deMause
City's field of schemes in Bronx?
New York Daily News - September 22, 2008 - By Bill Egbert
Randall's Island Quietly Transforms City Now footing Full Bill For New fields, Bike Paths, Infrastructure and Other Improvements
Our Town - September 22, 2008 - By Adam Bloch
Upkeep is missing in park rehab plan. Critics: Cash for construction, but little for maintenance
Metro NY - August 27, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Bloomberg is high on bridge path
New York Daily News - August 27, 2008 - by Erin Einhorn
Mayor's Bad Timing
New York Post - August 27, 2008 - By David Seifman
No sign of playground safety mat warning in Sunset Park playground
New York Daily News - August 21, 2008 - By Rachel Monahan
South Bronx residents cry foul as parks get Yanked for Stadium construction
New York Daily News - August 19, 2008 by Ian Begley
Parkgoers not all convinced by the city's safety claims with artificial grass
New York Daily News - August 18, 2008 - By Daeanee Nasongkjla and Nitzia Scott
With Yankee Stadium Construction, the Bronx Strikes out on Places to Play
New York Daily News - August 11, 2008 - By Myles Nickolas Miller, Fara Orin, and Amanda Vazquez
High Temps On Turf Fields Spark Safety Concerns
NPR - August 7, 2008 - By Allison Aubrey
Playground Mats Burns
SingTao Daily - July 30, 2008
Burned Playground Update
Fox 5 NY - July 29, 2008
Parks workers threaten parents with summons over kids going barefoot
New York Daily News - July 29, 2008
Concerns grow over phony turf as Rufus King Park opens new field
New York Daily News - July 28, 2008 - By Barry Paddock
City Officials Stress Beach Safety
NY 1 - July 28, 2008
Yankee Stadium’s worth? Planned Congressional inquiry may find that two sets of books exist
Metro - July 28, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Congress probing whether city wildly inflated value of land for new stadium
New York Daily News - July 27, 2008 - By Juan Gonzalez
Press Release - Signs Intended to Protect Children at Playgrounds Must be in English and Spanish
By Besty Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - July 25, 2008
Playground Dangers - Scalding Hot playground equipment is a serious threat to children
Good Morning America - July 24, 2008 - WABC
Hot Park Equipment No Child's Play Tests Show Playground Equipment Hot Enough to Cause Second-Degree Burns
ABC News - July 24, 2008
Beware Of Playground Burn Dangers - The black protective mats at city playgrounds pose the risk of severe burns to children's feet
News Channel 6 ABC WJBF - TV - Augusta, GA - July 24, 2008
Playground burns toddler The parents of a burned toddler are issuing a warning for others about playground dangers
CNN - July 23, 2008
City on hot seat over turf signs
Metro July 23, 2008 - by Patrick Arden
Mike Bloomberg goes to the (park) mat
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 - by Adam Lisberg
Betsy burns over mats
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 by Rachel Monahan
Hot Footing
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 by Elizabeth Benjamin
Kids Burned By Sizzling NYC Playgrounds
The Drudge Report - July 22, 2008
Hot playground fix urged
Metro - July 22, 2008
Hot playground fix urged (PDF)
Metro - July 22, 2008
Cartoon of Children Being Burned on Rubber Safety Mats
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008
Warning to parents: Kids are burning their feet on playgrounds
KARE 11 WNBC Minneapolis/St. Paul - July 21, 2008
Fun-In-Sun Peril To City Kids Playground Heat Burns Tiny Feet
New York Post - July 21, 2008 - by Rebecca Rosenberg and Jennifer Fermino
Press Release - Parks Department Must Immediately Replace or Treat Dangerous Playground Material That is Causing Burns to Kids
By Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - July 21, 2008
Are playground mats too hot to handle?
New York Times- City Room - July 21, 2008 - by Sewell Chan
Official Calls For Replacement Of Playground Mats
WCBS TV - July 21, 2008
Playgrounds not always a good place to cool off
News 12 - Brooklyn - July 21, 2008
Fox 5 5pm & 10pm - July 21, 2008
UPN9 10pm - July 21, 2008
Kids Burned By Sizzling NYC Playgrounds, Parents Complain
WNBC 4 NY - July 20, 2008
Parents Say kids are being burned by NYC Playgrounds
AP - July 21, 2008
Hot playground mats worry parents
UPI - July 21, 2008
Press Release
Besty Gotbaum - July 21, 2008
Parents Urge City To replace Hot Rubber Mats City Playgrounds
NY1 - July 21, 2008
Children Burned by Playground Equipment
NBC Weather Plus - July 21, 2008
Child burned at NYC playground spurs Lawsuit
Time Out: Kids Blog - July 21, 2008
Advocates: NYC Ignores Hazards, Demand Testing
1010 WINS - July 20, 2008
NYC Failing To Remedy Playground Burns Surface Temperatures Of Mats Still At Dangerous Levels; Angry Parents Demanding Solutions
WCBS 2 NY - July 20, 2008
Group claims playground equipment too hot
WABC News 7 July 20, 2008
Angry parents demand removal of overheated playground mats
New York Daily News - July 20, 2008 - by Jeff Willkins, Elizabeth Hays and Rachel Monahan
Burning issue at hot tot lots
Metro - July 20, 2008 - by Andrew S. Garib
Parents Outraged by Burning - Hot Playgrounds in NYC
The Epoch Times - July 20, 2008
Park signs give only tepid warning on hot synthetic turf
New York Daily News - July 17, 2008 - By Ayala Falk
Rip-Off in the Bronx
WNBC - July 10, 2008 - By Gabe Pressman
Parks Dept. Scrambles To Rid Parks of Illegal Activities
NY Sun - July 9, 2008 - By Anna Phillips
Fake Turf Heat Alert
Metro - July 9, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Trash And A Tombstone
New York Post - July 7, 2008 - By Rich Calder
City's Park 'Row'
New York Post - July 7, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Raiders of The Lost Parks
New York Post - July 6, 2008 - By Rich Calder
New York Post (YouTube) - July 6, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Parks' fake grass can reach a scorching 162 degrees
New York Daily News - July 5, 2008 - By Jeff Wilkins and Elizabeth Hays
The Disappearing Parkland in the South Bronx
New York Times - Letter to the Editor - June 23, 2008 by Geoffrey Croft & Lukas Herbert
Parks’ $64M mulligan
Metro New York - June 17, 2008 - by Patrick Arden 2008
NY Assembly questions Yankee Stadium funding
USA Today via AP - June 12, 2008 - By Michael Gormley and Karen Matthews
Talks Focus on Bronx Golf Course
New York Times - City Room - June 16, 2008 - By Sewell Chan
A Better Budget Outlook… To Some
Gotham Gazette - May 27, 2008 - by Courtney Gross
Washington’s and Robeson’s spirits haunt pavilion plan
The Villager - By Jefferson Siegel - June 11 - 17, 2008
Report Says City and Yankees Deceptively Stole Parkland
Norwood News - May 29, 2008 - By Alex Kratz
Fairmount can't keap up
Metro Philadelphia - May 30, 2008 - by Brian X. Mccrone
Yankees Seek More Public Financing for New Stadium
Fox News 44- June 11, 2008 - by Andrea Day
Expansion Of East River Promenade Delayed
NY 1 News - June 9, 2008 - By Roger Clark
Synthetic Turf Health Debate Takes Root
Environmental Health Perspectives - March 2008 By Luz Claudio
Bronx Boys of Summer Hunt for Place to Play
City Limits - June 2, 2008 - By David Green
$15M For the Birds - City Bids to Woo Sparrows to 'Trash Island'
New York Post - June 2, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Yankees Parkland
Gotham Gazette - Recent Reports - May 23, 2008
Yankees, city not a hit with NYC Park Advocates
News 12 Bronx - May 23, 2008
City accused of Yankee parkland 'shell game'
amNewYork - May 23, 2008 - By Ryan Chatelain
Proposed Queens Police Station Is Criticized as 'Land Grab'
NY Sun - May 20, 2008 - by Benjamin Sarlin
Flushing Meadows-Corona park eyed for NYPD stationhouse
New York Daily News - May 20th 2008 - By Alison Gendar and Lisa L. Colangelo
Union Sq. work restart O.K.’d, but pavilion is on back burner
The Villager - May 14, 2008 - By Albert Amateau
City gives pass to toxic turf ballfields
Metro New York - May 15, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Doctor of fake turf: It's a 'potential risk'
Metro New York - May 15, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
New Bronx Ball Field Opens
NY 1 - April 18, 2008
Report: Turf Isn't Dangerous
WNYC - May 15, 2008 - By Mathew Shurman
Turf war sizzles at city's parks
New York Daily News - May 15, 2008 - By Kathleen Lucadamo
Study Finds No Evidence of Risk in Synthetic Turf
New York Times - May 15, 2008 - By Timothy Williams
Bloomberg privatizing Union Square?
Online Journal Associate Editor ¬— May 8, 2008 ¬— By Jerry Mazza
Court bars NYC from building restaurant in Union Square Park
Associated Press - May 7, 2008
Judge Halts Plans for Union Square Park Restaurant
NY Mag — Grub Street - May 7, 2008
Union Square Pavilion Restaurant a No-Go, Judge Rules
Gothamist - May 7, 2008 - By John Del Signore
Judge on Union Square Park: Renovations O.K., But Hold Off on Restaurant
New York Observer - May 7, 2008 - By Eliot Brown
Mayor Mike and the Yanks: How Suite It Is
Village Voice - January 6, 2009 - By Tom Robbins
Pol: No More Turf In City Pks. Until Fields Tested For Toxins Seek Synthetic Ban After Lead Found
Times Newsweekly - December 31, 2008 - By Sewell Chan
City Council's Bill de Blasio, Jessica Lappin hot over playground mats
New York Daily News - December 31, 2008 - By Rachel Monahan
City Shuts Playground Over Lead Concern
New York Times - December 24, 2008 - By Sewell Chan
Harlem Park Closed for High Lead Level
WNYC - December 24, 2008 - By Jenna Flannagan
Toxic Turf
MY 9 News TV - December 23, 2008, 10:20 pm
City Park Tests Positive For Lead
NY1 - December 23, 2008 - By Ty Chandler
Toxic Turf
WABC Eyewitness News 7 - December 23, 2008
Elevated Lead Levels at Harlem Soccer Field
Fox 5 - December 23, 2008
Toxic Turf
1010 WINS Radio - December 23, 2008 - By Jim Powers
Press Release - City Must Issue an Immediate Moratorium on the Installation of Artificial Turf: Synthetic Turf Field Shut Down in East Harlem after Testing Revealed High Lead Levels
By Besty Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - December 23, 2008
Park closed for toxic turf
Metro NY - December 23, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Lead in turf shuts East Harlem field
New York Daily News - December 22, 2008 - By Frank Lombardi
Looking Ahead to the New Year: Predictions 2009
Gotham Gazette - December 22, 2008 - By Geoffrey Croft
Goal! Astoria soccer field opens
Queens Chronicle - December 11, 2008 - By Paul Leonard
'Benefits' of stadium are a city whitewash
New York Daily News - December 3, 2008 - By Bettina Damiani and Geoffrey Croft
The Yankees will play, but for now, kids won't
New York Daily News - December 2, 2008 - By Bill Egbert
Funds cuts precinct's plans
New York Daily News - December 2, 2008 - By Lisa Coangelo
Park labor battle in bloom
New York Daily News - November 25, 2008 - By Lisa Coangelo
Brand-new park in Williamsburg shut down for winter
New York Daily News - November 13, 2008 - By Erin Durkin
W'Burg Park Budget Victim
New York Post - November 12, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Paterson Budget Cuts Shutter Popular Brooklyn Park
WNBC News Channel 4 - November 12, 2008 - By Brian Ries
Recalling square’s history, fearing for its future
The Villager - October 29, 2008 - By Jefferson Siegel
Union Sq celebrates historic anniversary
Metro NY - October 24, 2008 by Amy Zimmer
Private group contracts cause safety patrol dip for borough parklands
New York Daily News - October 4th 2008 By Lisa L. Colangelo
Hopes of quick park completion eroding
The Villager - October 3, 2008 - By Julie Shapiro
Does the Yankees Park Deal cheat the Bronx?
The Village Voice - September 22, 2008 - By Neil deMause
City's field of schemes in Bronx?
New York Daily News - September 22, 2008 - By Bill Egbert
Randall's Island Quietly Transforms City Now footing Full Bill For New fields, Bike Paths, Infrastructure and Other Improvements
Our Town - September 22, 2008 - By Adam Bloch
Upkeep is missing in park rehab plan. Critics: Cash for construction, but little for maintenance
Metro NY - August 27, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Bloomberg is high on bridge path
New York Daily News - August 27, 2008 - by Erin Einhorn
Mayor's Bad Timing
New York Post - August 27, 2008 - By David Seifman
No sign of playground safety mat warning in Sunset Park playground
New York Daily News - August 21, 2008 - By Rachel Monahan
South Bronx residents cry foul as parks get Yanked for Stadium construction
New York Daily News - August 19, 2008 by Ian Begley
Parkgoers not all convinced by the city's safety claims with artificial grass
New York Daily News - August 18, 2008 - By Daeanee Nasongkjla and Nitzia Scott
With Yankee Stadium Construction, the Bronx Strikes out on Places to Play
New York Daily News - August 11, 2008 - By Myles Nickolas Miller, Fara Orin, and Amanda Vazquez
High Temps On Turf Fields Spark Safety Concerns
NPR - August 7, 2008 - By Allison Aubrey
Playground Mats Burns
SingTao Daily - July 30, 2008
Burned Playground Update
Fox 5 NY - July 29, 2008
Parks workers threaten parents with summons over kids going barefoot
New York Daily News - July 29, 2008
Concerns grow over phony turf as Rufus King Park opens new field
New York Daily News - July 28, 2008 - By Barry Paddock
City Officials Stress Beach Safety
NY 1 - July 28, 2008
Yankee Stadium’s worth? Planned Congressional inquiry may find that two sets of books exist
Metro - July 28, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Congress probing whether city wildly inflated value of land for new stadium
New York Daily News - July 27, 2008 - By Juan Gonzalez
Press Release - Signs Intended to Protect Children at Playgrounds Must be in English and Spanish
By Besty Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - July 25, 2008
Playground Dangers - Scalding Hot playground equipment is a serious threat to children
Good Morning America - July 24, 2008 - WABC
Hot Park Equipment No Child's Play Tests Show Playground Equipment Hot Enough to Cause Second-Degree Burns
ABC News - July 24, 2008
Beware Of Playground Burn Dangers - The black protective mats at city playgrounds pose the risk of severe burns to children's feet
News Channel 6 ABC WJBF - TV - Augusta, GA - July 24, 2008
Playground burns toddler The parents of a burned toddler are issuing a warning for others about playground dangers
CNN - July 23, 2008
City on hot seat over turf signs
Metro July 23, 2008 - by Patrick Arden
Mike Bloomberg goes to the (park) mat
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 - by Adam Lisberg
Betsy burns over mats
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 by Rachel Monahan
Hot Footing
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008 by Elizabeth Benjamin
Kids Burned By Sizzling NYC Playgrounds
The Drudge Report - July 22, 2008
Hot playground fix urged
Metro - July 22, 2008
Hot playground fix urged (PDF)
Metro - July 22, 2008
Cartoon of Children Being Burned on Rubber Safety Mats
New York Daily News - July 22, 2008
Warning to parents: Kids are burning their feet on playgrounds
KARE 11 WNBC Minneapolis/St. Paul - July 21, 2008
Fun-In-Sun Peril To City Kids Playground Heat Burns Tiny Feet
New York Post - July 21, 2008 - by Rebecca Rosenberg and Jennifer Fermino
Press Release - Parks Department Must Immediately Replace or Treat Dangerous Playground Material That is Causing Burns to Kids
By Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York - July 21, 2008
Are playground mats too hot to handle?
New York Times- City Room - July 21, 2008 - by Sewell Chan
Official Calls For Replacement Of Playground Mats
WCBS TV - July 21, 2008
Playgrounds not always a good place to cool off
News 12 - Brooklyn - July 21, 2008
Fox 5 5pm & 10pm - July 21, 2008
UPN9 10pm - July 21, 2008
Kids Burned By Sizzling NYC Playgrounds, Parents Complain
WNBC 4 NY - July 20, 2008
Parents Say kids are being burned by NYC Playgrounds
AP - July 21, 2008
Hot playground mats worry parents
UPI - July 21, 2008
Press Release
Besty Gotbaum - July 21, 2008
Parents Urge City To replace Hot Rubber Mats City Playgrounds
NY1 - July 21, 2008
Children Burned by Playground Equipment
NBC Weather Plus - July 21, 2008
Child burned at NYC playground spurs Lawsuit
Time Out: Kids Blog - July 21, 2008
Advocates: NYC Ignores Hazards, Demand Testing
1010 WINS - July 20, 2008
NYC Failing To Remedy Playground Burns Surface Temperatures Of Mats Still At Dangerous Levels; Angry Parents Demanding Solutions
WCBS 2 NY - July 20, 2008
Group claims playground equipment too hot
WABC News 7 July 20, 2008
Angry parents demand removal of overheated playground mats
New York Daily News - July 20, 2008 - by Jeff Willkins, Elizabeth Hays and Rachel Monahan
Burning issue at hot tot lots
Metro - July 20, 2008 - by Andrew S. Garib
Parents Outraged by Burning - Hot Playgrounds in NYC
The Epoch Times - July 20, 2008
Park signs give only tepid warning on hot synthetic turf
New York Daily News - July 17, 2008 - By Ayala Falk
Rip-Off in the Bronx
WNBC - July 10, 2008 - By Gabe Pressman
Parks Dept. Scrambles To Rid Parks of Illegal Activities
NY Sun - July 9, 2008 - By Anna Phillips
Fake Turf Heat Alert
Metro - July 9, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Trash And A Tombstone
New York Post - July 7, 2008 - By Rich Calder
City's Park 'Row'
New York Post - July 7, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Raiders of The Lost Parks
New York Post - July 6, 2008 - By Rich Calder
New York Post (YouTube) - July 6, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Parks' fake grass can reach a scorching 162 degrees
New York Daily News - July 5, 2008 - By Jeff Wilkins and Elizabeth Hays
The Disappearing Parkland in the South Bronx
New York Times - Letter to the Editor - June 23, 2008 by Geoffrey Croft & Lukas Herbert
Parks’ $64M mulligan
Metro New York - June 17, 2008 - by Patrick Arden 2008
NY Assembly questions Yankee Stadium funding
USA Today via AP - June 12, 2008 - By Michael Gormley and Karen Matthews
Talks Focus on Bronx Golf Course
New York Times - City Room - June 16, 2008 - By Sewell Chan
A Better Budget Outlook… To Some
Gotham Gazette - May 27, 2008 - by Courtney Gross
Washington’s and Robeson’s spirits haunt pavilion plan
The Villager - By Jefferson Siegel - June 11 - 17, 2008
Report Says City and Yankees Deceptively Stole Parkland
Norwood News - May 29, 2008 - By Alex Kratz
Fairmount can't keap up
Metro Philadelphia - May 30, 2008 - by Brian X. Mccrone
Yankees Seek More Public Financing for New Stadium
Fox News 44- June 11, 2008 - by Andrea Day
Expansion Of East River Promenade Delayed
NY 1 News - June 9, 2008 - By Roger Clark
Synthetic Turf Health Debate Takes Root
Environmental Health Perspectives - March 2008 By Luz Claudio
Bronx Boys of Summer Hunt for Place to Play
City Limits - June 2, 2008 - By David Green
$15M For the Birds - City Bids to Woo Sparrows to 'Trash Island'
New York Post - June 2, 2008 - By Rich Calder
Yankees Parkland
Gotham Gazette - Recent Reports - May 23, 2008
Yankees, city not a hit with NYC Park Advocates
News 12 Bronx - May 23, 2008
City accused of Yankee parkland 'shell game'
amNewYork - May 23, 2008 - By Ryan Chatelain
Proposed Queens Police Station Is Criticized as 'Land Grab'
NY Sun - May 20, 2008 - by Benjamin Sarlin
Flushing Meadows-Corona park eyed for NYPD stationhouse
New York Daily News - May 20th 2008 - By Alison Gendar and Lisa L. Colangelo
Union Sq. work restart O.K.’d, but pavilion is on back burner
The Villager - May 14, 2008 - By Albert Amateau
City gives pass to toxic turf ballfields
Metro New York - May 15, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Doctor of fake turf: It's a 'potential risk'
Metro New York - May 15, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
New Bronx Ball Field Opens
NY 1 - April 18, 2008
Report: Turf Isn't Dangerous
WNYC - May 15, 2008 - By Mathew Shurman
Turf war sizzles at city's parks
New York Daily News - May 15, 2008 - By Kathleen Lucadamo
Study Finds No Evidence of Risk in Synthetic Turf
New York Times - May 15, 2008 - By Timothy Williams
Bloomberg privatizing Union Square?
Online Journal Associate Editor ¬— May 8, 2008 ¬— By Jerry Mazza
Court bars NYC from building restaurant in Union Square Park
Associated Press - May 7, 2008
Judge Halts Plans for Union Square Park Restaurant
NY Mag — Grub Street - May 7, 2008
Union Square Pavilion Restaurant a No-Go, Judge Rules
Gothamist - May 7, 2008 - By John Del Signore
Judge on Union Square Park: Renovations O.K., But Hold Off on Restaurant
New York Observer - May 7, 2008 - By Eliot Brown
Mayor Bloomberg's Union Square Park restaurant deal tasteless
New York Daily News - April 30th 2008 - By Juan Gonzalez
City must show restraint on pavilion, trees, W.C.
The Villager - April 30, 2008 - By Albert Amateau
Union Square Park's Contentious Redevelopment
The Epoch Times - April 30, 2008 - By Tim McDevitt
It's an eatery too far, park activists argue
South China Morning Post - April 29, 2008 - By Rong Xiaoqing
Somehow, Park Development Becomes Blood Sport - Lawsuits, recriminations accompany a boom age for outdoor space
New York Observer - April 29, 2008 - By Eliot Brown
Judge Extends Injunction Against Union Square Restaurant
NY 1 - April 28, 2008 - By Milanee Kapadia
Real Local News: Union Square Development (podcast)
WNYC - Brian Lehrer - April 28, 2008
Court halts Union Square Pavilion construction
AM New York - April 29, 2008
Union Square rehab on hold after opponents file lawsuit
The Villager - April 23, 2008 - Jefferson Siegel
Judge Orders Timeout In Union Sq. Restaurant Rumble
New York Post - April 23, 2008 - By Zackary Goelman & Eric Lenkowitz
Judge Halts City's Union Square Development
The Gothamist - April 23, 2008
Judge Blocks Overhaul of Union Square Park
New York Times - April 23, 2008 - By Timothy Williams
Union Square Project in Doubt After Groups Sue City
New York Sun - April 23, 2008 - By Benjamin Sarlin
Court halts Union Square Pavilion construction
AM NY - April 22, 2008 - By David Freedlander
Despite critics, PS/MS 29 students enjoy new field
News 12 Bronx - April 18, 2008
City has no count on felled trees
Metro New York - April 14, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Union Square Boondoggle
The Indypendent - April 11, 2008 - By Alex Kane
Tennis center enthusiasts prepared to cause racket - Randall’s Island rehab’s latest addition could spark more furor
Metro New York - April 9, 2008 - by Patrick Arden
Mayor’s program: Plant million trees
Metro New York - April 2, 2008 - by Patrick Arden
Showing Power, but Weakening a Neighborhood
New York Times - March 31, 2008 - by Harvey Araton
Synthetic Turf Health Debate Takes Root
Environmental Health Perspectives - March 2008 - By Luz Claudio
Council members push for removal of pulverized tires from city parks
New York Daily News - March 26, 2008 - By Adam Lisberg
Costs for park at old Yankee Stadium jump 48%
New York Daily News - March 20th 2008 - By Kathleen Lucadamo
Cost Of Replacement Parks At Site Of New Yankee Stadium Soars
NY 1 - March 20, 2008 - By Dean Meminger
Parks Department vow continued use of controversial crumb rubber turf
New York Daily News - February 22, 2008 - By Adam Lisberg
Schools construction project nixes use of artificial turf made from ground tires
New York Daily News - February 21, 2008 - By Adam Lisberg
Randall's Island Hearing Delayed
New York Observer - February 19, 2008 - By Lysandra Ohrstrom
A Stairway to History from the Polo Grounds
New York Times - City Room - February 19, 2008 - By Timothy Williams
Greener Bronx with mayor's plan
New York Daily News - Be Our Guest - February 19, 2008 - By Adrian Benepe
City Hall tunes out judge's ruling on Randalls Island pay-to-play ballfield
New York Daily News - February 19, 2008 - By Juan Gonzalez
State Supreme Court Blocks Randall's Island Private School Deal
NY 1 - February 1, 2008 - By Lily Jamali
Judge kills Randall’s Island deal
Curbed.com- February 1, 2008 - by Robert
Bloomberg's empty promises are tradeoff for parkland lost to Yankees
New York Daily News - Be Our Guest - January 29, 2008 - By Geoffrey Croft
City Parks Officials Seek Safety Review of Synthetic Surfaces
New York Times - January 23, 2008 - By Timothy Williams
City asks for a mulligan on its new toxic turf ban
Metro New York - January 23, 2008 - By Patrick Arden
Activists Balk as Developers Move in on Stadium
New York Post - January 14, 2008 - By Bill Sanderson
Restaurant still on menu for Union Square
Metro NY - December 27, 2007 - By Patrick Arden
More to come: Press links from 2007 and prior