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The Council of the City of New York THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK March 12, 2021 Honorable Bill de Blasio Mayor of the City of New York New York City Hall New York, New York 10007 Dear Mayor de Blasio: In the last 12 months, we have seen the conditions and public safety in our city’s parks plummet while New Yorkers rely on parks in record numbers and parks employees serve as frontline workers during a historic pandemic. These conditions are a direct result of the significant budget cuts and decreased staff capacity the agency sustained in the FY21 budget. Today, we are writing to respectfully request your assistance to restore $78.9 million dollars in the upcoming New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) FY22 expense budget to ensure that our parks are safe, clean, and accessible for all New Yorkers, especially as the city gears up for another summer of increased demand and need for open spaces. We believe it is unsustainable to encourage New Yorkers to use their local parks as a safe means of recreation and socializing, while keeping the agency’s staffing level at the bare minimum. We urge you to #PlayFairNow and restore the NYC Parks budget for FY22. The New York City Council (The Council) is joined in this request by the Play Fair Coalition – a citywide coalition of over 300 organizations which was co-founded by the City Council Parks Committee, New Yorkers for Parks, New York League of Conservation Voters, and DC 37. The Council and the Play Fair Coalition share your commitment to providing the resources necessary for all New Yorkers, regardless of income or zip code, to lead safe, healthy lives. We also share your pledge to continue New York City’s leadership in the fight against climate change. Almost a year into the pandemic, we know that the communities that have been hardest-hit by the COVID-19 are also those that lack access to large parks and open spaces. The need to better maintain and staff our parks in these communities has never been more urgent. We believe that investments in our parks will help meet these goals. 1 Additionally, in a city that is experiencing an acute economic downturn and massive unemployment, the ability to create hundreds of stable, green jobs presents an opportunity to address many urgent issues at once. Targeted investments in the FY22 budget would allow for job creation, as would policy changes at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to roll back the hiring freeze currently in place for NYC Parks. While we understand that all agencies are playing a role in addressing the budget crisis, we also believe that asking NYC Parks to be subject to such an onerous hiring freeze has made their critical maintenance and operations work even more difficult for their already lean agency staff. During your administration, great strides towards parks equity have been made through the Community Parks Initiative and funding for Anchor Parks, coupled with additional investments from the Council and our Borough Presidents. However, we remain concerned that these capital improvements will deteriorate quickly and lose their value if they are not properly cared for in the short term. This is why we are asking you to #PlayFairNow and restore $78.9 million to the FY22 NYC Parks budget. We would like to see this funding applied as follows and will be discussing this at the upcoming budget hearings. • Baselining $10M to make permanent 100 City Park Workers and 50 Gardeners, and create secure, stable jobs. • $30M to restore the critical Seasonal staff budget for maintenance and operations workers citywide. • $3M to restore the Parks Opportunity Program and provide a pathway to full-time employment. • $4.5M means that NYC’s natural forests, wetlands, and trails will receive the proactive care and maintenance they need to remain healthy and resilient in our changing climate, and as they receive unprecedented use by New Yorkers. • $15M to restore critical parks forestry contracts for tree pruning, stump removal and sidewalk repair, and invasive species control. • $4M to restore the Parks Equity Initiative, and support park stewardship organizations citywide. • $3.4M to restore 15 GreenThumb staff, and expand access to plant materials, resources and tools for community gardeners citywide. • $3M would mean 50 Urban Park Rangers could be hired to connect New Yorkers with the nature that surrounds us, and help ensure our parks remain safe and accessible for all. • $6M would ensure that parks are safe by restoring 80 Parks Enforcement Patrol officers citywide. We know that you are aware of how integral parks are to our city. 14% of the land in this city is parkland, and our public open spaces are seeing more use than ever during the pandemic. We 2 believe our parks are critical infrastructure, more so now than ever, and we urge you to fund them as such in the FY22 budget. The Council and the Play Fair Coalition urgently call for a $78.9 million restoration to the FY22 expense budget for NYC Parks. Thank you for supporting our city’s parks, and we look forward to continuing to work together on a budget that Plays Fair for Parks. Sincerely, PETER KOO Chair, Committee on Parks and Recreation Justin Brannan Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Darma Diaz Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member James F. Gennaro Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Mark Gjonaj Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member 3 Robert Holden Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Mark Levine Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Francisco Moya Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Kevin Riley Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Carlina Rivera Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member Eric Ulrich Council Member, Parks and Recreation Committee Member 4 Adrienne Adams Council Member Diana Ayala Council Member Inez Barron Council Member Margaret Chin Council Member Costa Constantinides Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson Council Member 5 Barry S. Grodenchik Council Member Ben Kallos Council Member Karen Koslowitz Council Member Alan Maisel Council Member I. Daneek Miller Council Member & Chair, Committee on Civil Service and Labor Keith Powers Council Member 6 Antonio Reynoso Council Member Rafael Salamanca Council Member Paul Vallone Council Member 7 THE PLAY FAIR COALITION 10th & Stuyvesant Streets Block Association Coastal Preservation Network 142nd St. Dog Run Cobble Hill Association 18th Street Brooklyn Block Association Common Ground Compost 300 West Block Association Concrete Plant Park Friends 52 People for Progress Coney Island Beautification Project 6BC Botanical Garden Conference House Association A Patch of Inspiration Garden Conference House Park Conservancy Inc. A. Philip Randolph Square Neighborhood Alliance Cortelyou Road Merchant Assocation (CORMA) Abraham Lincoln Neighborhood Development Cosmopolitan Jr. Soccer League Association Court Square Civic Association AIA New York Davey Resource Group, Inc. Alice Austen House Museum DC37 Retirees Association Alley Pond Environmental Center Design Trust for Public Space Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Different Directions Alliance for Kips Bay DLANDstudio American Society of Landscape Architects, New Douglaston Local Development Corporation York Chapter (ASLA-NY) Downtown Alliance Astoria Park Alliance Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Baisley Pond Park Block Association Downtown United Soccer Club Bedford Mosholu Community Association Drew Gardens Bissel Gardens BX Drew Gardens Educational Recreation Boerum Hill School for International Studies Dunbar Garden Council Broadway Mall Association Earth Avengers Bronx Coalition for Parks & Green Spaces Earth Matter NY Inc. Bronx Community Board 8 Earth Ministry of the Church of the Mediator Bronx Community Health Network East NY 4 Gardens Bronx Council for Environmental Quality Edgemere Coalition Community Garden Bronx Land Trust Edso Sports, Inc. Bronx Park East Community Association El Garden Bushwick Bronx River Alliance El Jardín del Paraíso Bronx Roots in Motion El Puente Brookfield Civic Association Elite Learners, Inc. Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Ellington on the Park Brooklyn Parks & Open Space Coalition Elmhurst Supporters of Parks Brooklyn Queens Land Trust Fieldston Rd. Association Buenavista Futbol Club Inc. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy BUFNY II/Harlem Tenants Association Fort Four Playground CABS Home Care Fort Greene Park Conservancy Cadman Park Conservancy/Brooklyn War Fort Tryon Park Trust Memorial Forth on Fourth Avenue Carl Schurz Park Conservancy Fresh Creek Nature Association Carnegie Hill Neighbors Friends of 29th St Park Central Park Conservancy Friends of 4 Parks Alliance Chelsea Waterside Park Association Friends of Abe Lebewohl Park Citizen Gardeners Friends of Alley Pond Park Citizens Climate Lobby Friends of Amersfort Park City Island Rising Friends of Anibal Aviles Playground City Parks Foundation Friends of Aqueduct Walk Clean Bushwick Initiative Friends of Art Park Alliance Cleveland-Pitkin Block Association Friends of Astoria Heights Park Clinton Garden Friends of Bellevue South Park 8 Friends of Bennett Park Havemeyer Garden Friends of Brookville Park Health Essential Association Friends of Brower Park, Inc. Hellgate Hill-Highgate Community Association Friends of Brownsville Parks HerpDigest Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Highland Park Tennis Friends of Carroll Park Historic House Trust of New York City Friends of Corlears Hook Park Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New
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