BIG NEWS! Thrilled to announce I have reached an agreement with ⁦NYC Parks⁩ to greenify Alice Aycock Pavilion in Andrew Haswell Green Park! We have a dearth of open space in our community and this greening of the park will make a big difference. 🌳 patch.com/new-york/upper…

patch.com/new-york/upper… NYC Parks @NYCJulieMenin Community Board 8 Manhattan 🤞for lush green lawn THIS spring!

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#greenways4nyc The time is NOW for a continuous Greenway around our amazing City! Chuck Schumer NYC Mayor's Office Mayor Eric Adams NYCEDC NYC Parks

Tomorrow’s event (May 7) has been CANCELED due to 🌧🌧🌧🌧forecast. But we will be back with 🎵🎵🎵and fun and ☀️🤞☀️on June 4 and June 11!

Today is my 1st day as the new Manhattan Borough Commissioner at NYC Parks. Can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and get right to work!

Salsa lessons and music by La Cuarteto Guataca Latin Jazz Band yesterday at the Alice Aycock Pavilion ("East River Roundabout") 60th/East River sponsored by EsplanadeFriends on a beautiful day

EsplanadeFriends is so very 😞 Thanks to FOX 5 NY for covering the theft of CarmenCommunityArtist’s INCREDIBLE Crochet Mural. NYC Parks Anthony Perez Julie Menin fox5ny.com/news/mural-sto…

1936 vs 2022. The opening shot from MY MAN GODFREY, taking place on the East River, near E 63rd Street... although technically it was a set with a large rear screen projection of the Queensboro Bridge. #NYC #TCMParty #WilliamPowell

Extra eyes & ears on patrol, courtesy of our all volunteer NYPD Auxiliary Unit. Today, you’ll notice our dedicated Auxiliary Officers, volunteering their free time to patrol our Upper East Side waterfront parks. Join us in thanking them for helping keep our neighborhood safe!

We also secured +$4.5 million to support nonprofit organizations and ongoing programming on the UES including Asphalt Green CH Neighbors NYC CarterBurdenNetwork East 86th St Assn EsplanadeFriends Lenox Hill Neighborhood House FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Isaacs Center NYC #JustPay Upper Green Side

Touring the newly revamped East Midtown Greenway with NYCEDC NYC Parks Keith Powers. Nearing completion, this waterfront plaza will provide open space to the public & recreation space for pedestrians and bicyclists. Can’t wait for it to open this winter! EsplanadeFriends

What a truly exciting day for NYC!!!

You’ve heard of #PeteOnTheBeat, but this Christmas get ready for Pete On The Promenade! Pete’s patrolling & soaking in some rays at the Upper East Side’s newest park, the East Midtown Greenway! No grinches here, just the way we like it.

This is awesome! We can’t wait to run into #PeteOnThePromenade Our newest EsplanadeFriend!

Join EsplanadeFriends for free ice cream and live music this Saturday, April 27 from 1-4 PM. Only at Haswell Green Park. More info: tinyurl.com/y6hpdyr6

Thanks to PartnershipsForParks for a night of togetherness for its community partners. At One Pace Plaza event (l to r): St. Vartan Park Conservancy | MECA's @kevokeefe, EsplanadeFriends chair Jennifer Ratner, NYC Parks Manhattan Commissioner @Tricia4NYC, Friends of Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza dir. Bradley Frederick.