On the campaign trail, Zohran Mamdani vowed to roughly double the funding for the parks department. His first budget proposal as mayor would cut its funding.
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Parks advocates gearing up to yell at Mamdani over proposed budget cuts
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Construction to kick off on bike lane upgrades next to Prospect Park
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made moves to expedite the installation of new bike lanes across the city, many of which were sidelined under his predecessor Eric Adams.
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The social media influencers now run Washington Square Park
The park, which for decades was known as a hub of counterculture and an anchor for protests in the city, has now been overrun with social media influencers looking to go viral.
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Prospect Park’s secluded Vale of Cashmere getting long-awaited upgrade
The quiet corner of the park is well known to birdwatchers, but fell into disrepair after years of neglect.
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Development would bring public pool to West Village as historic rec center remains busted
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Restore or replace? Fight over historic West Village rec center and pool drags on.
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Stretch of Rockaway shoreline on Jamaica Bay needs ‘aggressive repairs,’ feds say
A mile-long bulkhead in the Rockaways has been eaten away by the churning waters of Jamaica Bay and requires “aggressive” repairs that could take five years, federal documents show.
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These NYC pools kept closing last summer after people pooped in them
New York City’s public pools turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer, as the parks department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up a visitor’s poop.
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Dangerous section of Jacob Riis beach likely to remain off-limits this summer
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Jacob Riis Beach boardwalk to get badly needed repairs this fall
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7 drowned at NYC beaches this summer. Most grew up in the city without access to pools.
A Gothamist analysis of city data found that six of the seven drowning victims this summer lived in districts where fewer than half of residents have access to swimming facilities within 15 minutes by public transit.
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‘We are in a state of emergency’: 6th drowning reported at NYC beaches this summer
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Erosion is causing ‘extremely hazardous’ conditions on Riis Beach, where 2 teens were swept to sea
Erosion is rapidly washing away the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway — and the National Park Service says the ongoing problem has created “extremely hazardous” swimming conditions in an area of the beach where two teenage boys were swept out to sea last week.
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Hundreds stuck waiting for reopened Astoria Pool that Mayor Adams just deemed a success
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NYC treading water as lifeguard shortage lingers for another summer
