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Park lovers help clean up Brooklyn
greenspaces on citywide day of action
Volunteers collect litter at Prospect Park. Adam Ganser
BY BEN VERDE
Park lovers across the Five Boroughs
came together to clean up New
York City on Oct. 17, as a summer of
budget cuts and heavy use has led to
some city parks looking worn down.
In Brooklyn, lawn lovers cleaned
up Prospect Park, Owls Head Park,
and Canarsie Park, where thousands
of cooped up Brooklynites have
fl ocked for fresh air and open space
throughout the pandemic as a 14 percent
cut to the Parks Department’s
budget resulted in the loss of 1,700
seasonal maintenance workers.
“The budget cuts from July have
had an incredibly disproportionate
impact on the parks system,” said
Adam Ganser, executive director of
the nonprofi t New Yorkers for Parks.
“At a time when virtually every New
Yorker is out in the parks because
there’s really no other place for us to
go, it just could not be a worst-case
scenario.”
Ganser encouraged New Yorkers
who want to help to reach out to the
stewards of their local parks, be it
through the city agency or local conservancies
and friends groups for the
larger greenspaces, to fi nd ways to
volunteer their time.
And while Ganser says volunteer
work is important in lean times, it’s
still no substitute for the services
provided by the full time seasonal
maintenance crews that were eliminated
in the 2021 budget.
“You cannot replace 1,700 seasonal
workers with volunteers and
expect to have the same results,” he
said. “The Parks Department has
done a valiant job trying to keep our
parks in great shape but the reality is
those budget cuts and the loss of staff
is going to have a long term impact
on our parks, and we need to be active
out there telling our politicians
that we need those staff back.”
City Parks Commissioner Mitchell
Silver thanked the volunteers for
their efforts.
“Throughout the ongoing public
health crisis, we have developed a
greater appreciation for our greenspaces
as they have proven to be critical
infrastructure that serve New
Yorkers in so many ways,” Silver
said. “We thank our partners at New
Yorkers for Parks, City Parks Foundation,
and Partnership for Parks for
helping us lead the recent citywide
park clean up event as it was a testament
to how we can keep our parks
clean and beautiful when we work together.”
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