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Parks Department

Posted inParks Department

Parks Commissioner to Resign, Sources Say

May 5, 2025, 5:46 p.m.May 5, 2025, 8:45 p.m.
Sue Donoghue, part of the Adams istration from the start, weathered tight budgets, a lifeguard shortage and the ongoing Wollman Rink battle.
People enjoy a glorious spring afternoon in Washington Square Park.
Posted inHow to New York

How to Throw a Party in a City Park, the Right Way

April 29, 2025, 1:49 p.m.April 29, 2025, 1:50 p.m.
Even pop stars need park permits.
Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.
Posted inManhattan

Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

April 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.April 9, 2025, 11:44 a.m.
After THE CITY revealed City Hall snubbed a $120 million gift to upgrade the Central Park facility, 19 elected officials urge Mayor Eric Adams to reconsider and put his solicitation for operators on ice.
Neighborhood advocates rally at the Flushing Public Library against the proposed casino next to Citi Field.
Posted inParks

Mets Owners Are Already Drilling at Citi Field — Without NYC Casino Bid Settled

April 1, 2025, 4:22 p.m.April 2, 2025, 3:25 p.m.
Mets owners have started exploratory work on Queens park land — and Sen. John Liu has committed to help win state to build at Flushing Meadows.
Trans tennis athlete Cammie Woodman practices in Bed-Stuy Tuesday morning.
Posted inParks

Trans Athlete Claims Amateur Brooklyn Tennis League Kicked Her Out

April 1, 2025, 11:49 a.m.April 1, 2025, 12:11 p.m.
Cammie Woodman says she was booted from a league that uses Parks Department courts after a cisgender woman complained about losing to a trans player.
Trees cover a street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Nov. 10, 2021.
Posted inParks Department

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

March 20, 2025, 5:28 p.m.March 21, 2025, 11:56 a.m.
Griffin’s Landscaping has two active contracts with the city totaling $15 million and three contracts for $25 million. Its owner, Glenn Griffin, faces up to five years in prison on bribery and illegal dumping charges.
Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.
Posted inParks

Trump Org Presses Eric Adams for Wollman Rink Rights After City Hall Spurned $120M Nonprofit Gift

March 15, 2025, 9:49 a.m.March 15, 2025, 1:09 p.m.
The Central Park Conservancy offered the nine-figure gift to upgrade and run the skating oasis. City Hall instead solicited bids days after the election — handing the president a prized opportunity while Adams attorneys pressed to drop his corruption case.
A Parks Department-run basketball summer league has a game in the Brownsville Playground.
Posted inParks Department

Park Lovers Urge Mayor to Restore Funding as Staffing Falls

Oct. 28, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 27, 2024, 8:57 p.m.
An alliance of park advocates and workers is pushing to restore at least $62 million to the budget in November modifications — and some say New York’s post-season success should help.
The NYPD shows off one of their drones during a press conference along the East River.
Posted inPools and Beaches

Parks Department Readies to Take Over Beach Drone Program

Sept. 18, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 17, 2024, 7:40 p.m.
Eric Adams’ NYPD rolled out surveillance technology to help rescue drowning swimmers — but hasn’t said yet whether inflatable rafts got deployed.
A tombstone reading "Global Pandemics A Touchstone for Humanity" sits in a field on Hart Island.
Posted inParks Department

A Tour of NYC’s Mass Burial Site That’s Also a Public Park Now

Sept. 11, 2024, 2:13 p.m.Sept. 12, 2024, 8:02 p.m.
The Parks Department opened up limited visits to Hart Island last fall, as part of its transition into a public park as well as the city’s municipal burial ground.

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