Parks and Open Spaces News: New York City

Parks will play an invaluable role in restoring New York to its pre-pandemic charisma and well-being, while also serving their important environmental functions--as urban canopies, air quality filters, stormwater collectors, carbon sinks, and habitats for native wildlife. You can help keep parks clean by signing up to volunteer.

With the goal of a healthy, resilient, equitable, and just New York City in mind, our partners at The Nature Conservancy organized The Forest for All NYC coalition of nearly 50 organizations and 70 participants, including NYLCV. The group is dedicated to the protection and long-term resilience of NYC’s more than 7 million trees.

NYLCV NYC Program Associate Carlos Castell Croke testified at the City Council Finance Committee Executive Budget hearing. We advocated for funding for parks as well as staffing in critical environmental offices.

We're excited to release latest NYC Council Environmental Scorecard, in which Council Members are evaluated based on their support of environmental issues

We are excited to release our 2021 NYC Policy Agenda. In 2019, New York City committed to a bold Green

New Yorkers are relying on parks and open spaces more than ever as an outlet to maintain their mental and physical health. But severe cuts to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation's budget may lead to the deterioration of certain public parks in the future.

The economic impact of COVID-19 has led New York City to delay or abandon key aspects of its plan to fight climate change.