Sunday, June 16, 2019

Friends of Pelham Parkway Hold Rally for Fair Parks Funding



  Saturday there was another rally to protest the very small amount of money directed to parks by New York City. Advocates are asking for one-hundred million dollars in additional funding to NYC Parks. In a deal by the mayor and City Council Speaker Cory Johnson there will be additional money from the budget going to parks citywide, but less than half of what park advocates wanted.

  Several park advocates got together to see if they could squeeze any more money from the city budget for parks. Ms. Roxanne Delgado President of the Friends of Pelham Parkway spoke of how different parks are funded. Some like Central Park have private monies coming into them through a public - private partnership. She added in the Bronx there are very few if any public - private partnerships like the one in Central Park. 


Above - Ms. Roxanne Delgado President of the Friends of Pelham Parkway speaks of the needs of most parks that is not being met by the NYC Parks Department. 
Below - Several people joined Ms. Delgado at this rally which was called on very short notice.


There will be an event on Saturday June 29th (noon - 2PM) which will include plantings at this site located at Pelham Parkway North and Wallace Avenue. 

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