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In June of 2013, the four founding members of what would then become Washington Square Park Conservancy came before Community Board 2’s Parks Committee for a “public hearing” in order to get “approval” for their … Read more…
The follow-up to my piece from earlier this month, Highlights from Gothamist Article — Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park, is coming Friday. This is regarding the private … Read more…
Opportunity for Public Comment If you have something you’d like to address within the community – related to Washington Square Park, or not – you can attend virtually and also sign up for public comment … Read more…
Hi, I started a Substack for some other writing. I’m still working on getting a groove to it. I posted a piece today, The Commercialization of Earth Day: We’re so used to everything being commercialized … Read more…
Earth Day Rally to Protest Poison Parks in New York City Toxic Roundup (glyphosate) pesticide continues to be used in New York City parks. Union Square Park * Thursday, April 21st at 12 noon George … Read more…
Spring has sprung at Washington Square Park! Photo: Here is New York via Instagram
The answer is to abolish private park corporations (and, yes, that’s what they are – private corporations) The New York Daily News this past week ran an Op-Ed by professor/author Kevin Loughran on private conservancies … Read more…
from left to right: Justine Leguizamo, Veronica Bulgari, Gwen Evans, Betsey Ely Last week, Gothamist ran an explosive piece, Mission Creep: Emails Show how Wealthy Donors Exerted Influence Over Washington Square Park outlining exactly that. … Read more…