"Every story that we read of a New Yorker that has lost their life drowning in one of our beaches breaks our hearts. We need solutions, from swim programs to lifeguards.” Thanks Pat Kiernan Jamie Stelter for having Donovan Richards Jr. and me on to discuss our work in this urgent issue.

🧵Thread of stories from the past week showing the strain placed on our vastly under-resourced NYC Parks system during the busiest time of year, following Mayor Eric Adams's $20M budget cut... bit.ly/4cUexXl

📻WNYC 🎙 spoke with NY4P about the correlation between neighborhood wealth and the biodiversity of local green spaces resulting from historic disinvestment in NYC Parks. Tune in at the 2:05 mark: bit.ly/4flNYMi

Vital Parks for All is NYC Parks’ data-driven approach to deliver park resources to communities. NYers can use the tool to view the full scope of the parks system, identifying opportunities/disparities in park access, staffing & amenities. Learn more: nyc.gov/vitalparks

NYC's marshlands are essential in our fight against climate change and sea level rise. @NYTimes wrote about the scientists and advocates fighting to preserve this resource, including #PlayFair members Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC). bit.ly/3Wy2lVn

#FromTheClips bit.ly/3YyrBgv

Daffodil Project registration opens 8/12! The #DaffodilProject is a living memorial and a catalyst for civic engagement. Thanks, Amy for volunteering at the 2023 BK distro! Get updates: bit.ly/NY4PNewsletter Volunteer: bit.ly/46RQkyR

Lets hit play on this Play NYCe reel for New Yorkers for Parks-NYLCV-District Council 37 #UnionStrong's Play Fair, for more city budget love for NYC Parks. Nice to see St. Vartan Park as the first playground in the video, and St. Vartan Park Conservancy | MECA leadership at City Hall showing support for the cause. youtube.com/watch?v=HLrM4n…

New Yorkers for Parks Daffodil Project registration opens today at 5pm! Great activity for students to kick off the school year! ny4p.org/the-daffodil-p… NYC Public Schools #SEPjrNYC

📰Crain's New York spoke with NY4P and #PlayFair advocates about short-sighted cuts to NYC Parks’ Natural Resources Group—the division responsible for management/upkeep of NYC’s 10k acres of natural areas—and the resulting threat to accessibility and climate preparedness citywide.

It’s become a school-wide tradition to plant these daffodil bulbs in the Fall. From K-8th grade, our students all participate in our Day of Planting 🌼 I’ve signed up to pick up our bulbs in September! ⁦New Yorkers for Parks⁩ ⁦PS315LabSchool⁩ CSD10 ny4p.org/the-daffodil-p…

When the staff that care for trees lose their jobs, we all lose. Due to Mayor's budget cuts, 51 people who take care of NYC's parks & natural areas no longer have jobs. bit.ly/3WZHOue Mayor Eric Adams, we urge you to invest in NYC's urban forest & restore all NYC Parks jobs.

'24 #DaffodilProject bulbs “sold out” in record time—thanks to all the parks stewards who signed up! Join the waitlist at ny4p.org/daffodil and read about the initiative’s forward-looking mission as a platform for parks advocacy in Bronx Times bit.ly/3AoirJx

"How do we keep people safe from extreme heat in an age of ever-increasing temperatures? One solution may be right in front of us: we need to plant more trees in the most heat-vulnerable areas and take better care of the ones we’ve got" The Nature Conservancy bit.ly/3WN4tIQ

"While addressing hunger is both a political and social issue, Ms. Hall is determined to both feed the need and inform her community. Alongside workshops and events, her upcoming voter registration drive is part of her extended program." #FromTheClips bit.ly/4cLnG3B

#OnThisDay in NYC Parks: On September 5, 1882, 10,000+ workers from prominent labor unions joined an inaugural Labor Day march, circling Union Square before heading north to Bryant Park. Two years later, President Cleveland signed legislation making Labor Day a federal holiday.

"Inspectors visited 102 bathrooms - a men's and women's in each district - and found nearly 9% were closed when they were supposed to be open. They reported unsanitary conditions at 40%, and many were missing trash cans, soap or toilet paper." bit.ly/3ZbBt03