Parks

City Parks to Get Even Smaller Share of Budget Under Mayor Adams

July 1, 2024, 7:56 p.m.July 2, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

As a candidate, Eric Adams pledged to dedicate 1% of the city’s budget to parks but this year's budget fell far short of that promise.

How to New York

Where to Swim, and Learn to Swim, in New York City

June 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 26, 2024, 11:53 a.m.

Your guide to access, safety and cooling off in the water for free or cheap in the five boroughs.

City blacksmith Andre Emilien leans on a ladder inside the Parks Department workshop.

Summer & THE CITY

The Hands Behind New York City’s Hoop Dreams

June 19, 2024, 12:59 p.m.June 18, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

These blacksmiths put the baskets in basketball, creating the notoriously unforgiving steel rims that send missed shots flying in city parks.

The Bronx

Key Bronx Lawmakers Yet to Back Crucial Legislation for Bronx Casino

May 30, 2024, 5:10 p.m.May 30, 2024, 5:10 p.m.

Bally’s gambling complex proposal at the former Trump Links in Throggs Neck relies on getting state approval to alienate parkland, but lacks local leaders’ as the legislative session winds down.

Volunteers Sabine Frid-Bernards, Janie Dumbleton and Caroline Boykin count horseshoe crabs along the Broad Channel waterfront.

Summer & THE CITY

Mating By Moonlight: Horseshoe Crab Counting with New York’s Citizen Scientists

May 29, 2024, 12:59 p.m.May 28, 2024, 5:36 p.m.

The high-tide census of the prehistoric horseshoe crab is timed to their annual visits to the city to lay eggs on its shores. Fans of the blue-blooded arthropods will celebrate them at a festival in Jamaica Bay on June 8.

Animal rights advocates rally outside of City Hall in favor of a bill to prevent birds being exposed to rat poison.

animals

Flaco’s Law: With Bird Bill, City Council Pushes Plan B for Rat Control to Protect Feathered Friends

April 11, 2024, 3:57 p.m.April 11, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Rodenticide, building lights and glass windows are among the biggest threats for owls, hawks and falcons in New York.

Rachel Graham Kagan, left, and Maggi Farmer pose for a portrait in Bennett Park.

Parks

An Actual Turf War Erupts in Washington Heights as Parents Protest Synthetic Grass

April 4, 2024, 3:20 p.m.April 8, 2024, 11:09 a.m.

A plan to replace dirt in Bennett Park with artificial turf has raised health and environmental concerns. But parks officials say turf is leagues easier to maintain than grass.

The Big Reuse compost site under the Queensboro Bridge in in Long Island City.

Environment

Parks Department Throws Out Long Island City Compost Center

March 15, 2024, 4:59 a.m.March 14, 2024, 8:24 p.m.

Big Reuse has been asked to leave its spot under the Queensboro Bridge, while other organic waste facilities also face uncertain futures.

Harding Park in The Bronx showed signs of wear and tear.

Parks

Bronx Park Gets Multi-Million Dollar Injection After Three Decades

Jan. 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 12, 2024, 11:05 a.m.

Residents are discussing what to prioritize in a renovation and expansion of Harding Park that the Parks Department says will take three to four years to complete.

Parks Department electrician Cora Cofield poses for a portrait on a track.

Budget

Parks Jobs Corps to End Under Adams Budget Cuts

Nov. 21, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 20, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

For decades, the Parks Opportunity Program connected striving workers with employment. It’s being eliminated to help fill a $7 billion city budget hole.

Parks

City Parks to Get Even Smaller Share of Budget Under Mayor Adams

Where to Swim, and Learn to Swim, in New York City

The Hands Behind New York City’s Hoop Dreams

Key Bronx Lawmakers Yet to Back Crucial Legislation for Bronx Casino

Mating By Moonlight: Horseshoe Crab Counting with New York’s Citizen Scientists

Flaco’s Law: With Bird Bill, City Council Pushes Plan B for Rat Control to Protect Feathered Friends

An Actual Turf War Erupts in Washington Heights as Parents Protest Synthetic Grass

Parks Department Throws Out Long Island City Compost Center

Bronx Park Gets Multi-Million Dollar Injection After Three Decades

Parks Jobs Corps to End Under Adams Budget Cuts

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