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If you're a New Yorker or just a fan of community gardening no matter where you live, pay attention: Under newly proposed rules from the New York City Parks and Recreation Department and Department of Housing Preservation and Development, many of the Big Apple's thriving community gardens are again under threat of being turned over to private developers.

The New York City Parks and Recreation was expecting as many as 50 people to show last Saturday for the Green Apple event in Pelham Bay Park — it is NYC's biggest park, after all — they needed help shoveling compost, planting trees, and cutting out

It was only last year that the New York City Parks and Recreation Department declared Staten Island and Manhattan free from the beetle.

This year began with the announcement of Feuerman's public art installation with New York City Parks & Recreation from May through September; her most iconic monumental sculpture, Survival of Serena, was unveiled in hyperrealistically painted bronze at Petrosino Square, SoHo for the first time courtesy of Jim Kempner Fine Art.

Founder of Antecedent Projects (2014), a sustainable urban curatorial consultancy investigating site - specific heritage and cultural regeneration, she has curated exhibits with CoLab - Factory, White Roof Project, Flux Art Fair (2015 - 16) and (most recently) with the New York City Parks Dept's Arsenal Gallery (2017).

Each custom - designed clamshell box contains a copy of the book Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks with a special - edition bellyband, as well as The Hallett, a limited - edition book featuring one of the artist's favorite spots — the Hallett Nature Sanctuary in Manhattan.

New York City Parks Department reversed its decision and allows artist Aaron Bell to finish his «problematic» noose sculpture in Riverside Park.

LMCC is excited to announce the launch of Studio in the Park 2018 residency organized by ArtBuilt in partnership with New York City Parks, the Queens Museum, The Women's Housing and...

The World's Park: Reconnecting a Regional Park with Its Neighbors is a community engagement partnership between the New York City Parks Department, the Queens Museum, and Design Trust for Public Space, focused on equipping people from diverse communities with the knowledge to seek creative improvements for Flushing Meadows Corona Park (FMCP).

He has worked as a newspaper reporter and was a writer and photographer for the New York City Parks Department for 13 years before leaving in 2001 to pursue photography full - time.

Selections from the project were exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York (2009 - 10), and they have been published in Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks (Aperture, 2009).

The Madison Square Park Conservancy, a public / private partnership with New York City Parks & Recreation, is the nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping historic Madison Square Park a bright, beautiful and lively public space.

At the Studio Museum, Hunt produced exhibitions including «A Constellation, Black Cowboy,» and in 2016 commissioned «inHarlem: Kevin Beasley, Simone Leigh, Kori Newkirk, Rudy Shepherd,» a public sculpture initiative in partnership with the New York City Parks Department.

Smith's work inaugurated the public arts programming in New York City parks with the exhibition of eight plywood sculptures in Bryant Park in 1967.

Art Production Fund Presents One - Two - Three by Tony Smith in Bryant Park To Celebrate Smith's Legacy as Pioneer of Public Art in New York City Parks

At the same time, galleries and museums have shown more willingness to sponsor off - site transformations, as when Roxy Paine plants his steel trees in New York City parks.

NEWS New York City Parks Department reverses its decision and allows artist Aaron Bell to finish his «problematic» noose sculpture in Riverside Park.

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As another steamy summer approaches, New Yorkers can find relief in one of 34 outdoor pools, 19 outdoor mini-pools and 12 indoor pools in the New York City parks system.

Pets & Pals is made possible with the generous funding of the Office of City Councilman Mark Weprin, the New York City Parks and Recreation Department and CVA — which donates many of the raffle prizes, microchips and staff time for this community event — and its network of animal hospitals.

For the new study, Harris and his colleague Jason Munshi - South of Fordham University in New York trapped white - footed mice in three New York City parks, and also in three natural areas about 60 miles from the city.

Once the lab leaves New York, the site will likely be used as a place to display temporary art, said Jonathan Kuhn, New York City Parks and Recreation Department director of art and antiquities.

The study, «Homogenizing an Urban Habitat Mosaic: Arthropod diversity declines in New York City parks after Super Storm Sandy,» was published in the journal Ecological Applications.

My first internship was spent at the New York City Parks Department in the Historical Signs Division.

«Today is a wonderful celebration of history, sports and New York City parks,» explained Silver.

The New York City Parks Department is seeking applications for an annual public art exhibition that is taking place next year on the Lower East Side.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bill de Blasio is seeking to remedy what he describes as an «equity» problem in New York City parks.

At noon, de Blasio and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will host a press conference to make an announcement regarding New York City parks, St. Mary's Recreation Center, 450 St. Ann's Ave., the Bronx.

On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., in collaboration with the New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, hosted a ribbon cutting and free movie night at the newly constructed Amphitheater in Soundview Park.

The pavilion was completely constructed and designed by the students, who worked as clients of the New York City Parks Department.

«We just can not rest as long as there continue to be incidents where women are out there enjoying the wonder of our great New York City parks, but continue to do that with fear in the back of their minds,» Quinn said.

Robinson's many honors include a Citigroup Inspiring Pride Award, a New York City Parks and Recreation Volunteer Award, recognition by both the city comptroller and the public advocate, the Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York's Public Service Award, and the National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation's Harvey Milk Award.

When asked about the men, New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver initially said, «I have no idea what you're talking about.»

ALBANY, NY (08/09/2011)(readMedia)-- New York State AFL - CIO Supports Striking Boathouse Workers — Calls on New York City Parks Department to Force Dean Poll to Respect Workers» Rights

«As such, and on behalf of the 2 1/2 million members of the New York State AFL - CIO, I call upon the New York City Parks Department to use their contractual authority to force Dean Poll to follow the law and respect the rights of their employees.»

New York City Parks Advocates had argued the event was taking away public space from, well, the public, by setting up on Damrosch Park, an area of greenery on the Lincoln Center compound.

Little did we know, reserving space in New York City parks is done several months ahead of time and there are many application fees and procedures to follow!

In what was billed as the first open - air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the...

The decision is a victory for plaintiffs that include NYS Senator Tony Avella, City Club of New York, the Queens Civic Congress (which represents the interests of 100 + civic organizations throughout Queens), New York City Park Advocates, Roosevelt Avenue business owners and nearby residents, Willets Point property and business owners, and the sole resident of Willets Point.

Geoffrey Croft, president of New York City Park Advocates, objects to the use of public parkland for private, for - profit uses.

Sections of Harris Field, a heavily - used park sandwiched between Bronx High School of Science and Lehman College, were found to have four times the federally - established legal limit of lead contamination for public play areas, according to documents obtained by the Norwood News with the help of the nonprofit New York City Park Advocates.

According to Geoffrey Croft, president of New York City Park Advocates, the center charges between $ 72 to $ 102 per hour for indoor court time, in addition to a $ 500 to $ 700 membership fee.

This year the festival celebrates the 50th anniversary of the official designation of Flushing Meadows Corona Park as a New York City Park.

A former small - time operator on the edge of the seventies self - help movement — he once ran the Institute for Emotional Education — Lindenauer was Manes's bagman at Parking Violations, largely in charge of collecting bribes from various private companies engaged in the always - booming New York City parking - ticket business.

Danny's occasional outbursts of rage, like an opening scene focusing on the stress of finding a New York City parking spot, are cathartic and funny — in part because Baumbach often cuts them off mid-scream and in part because Sandler does have a funny screaming voice, at once furious and desperate.

After significant research, I decided to choose Healthy Paws to insure Wiggins, the puppy I found abandoned chained to a New York City park bench nearly 5 years ago.

If you missed these events — or if you came out and had so much fun you want to come back — you'll have more opportunities this season to attend a Mayor's Alliance / Maddie's Pet Adoption Festival and Low - cost Microchipping Clinic in a New York City Park:

The Shed, a new 200,000 - square - foot multidisciplinary performing arts space is opening on the High Line, the elevated New York City park, in 2019.

The Bitcoin trading floor that can be found in a New York City park offers a view of the currency in action.