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Make New York Green - Expand New York's Parks and Open Spaces

Sponsored by: Campaign for New York's Future

New York City residents have fewer acres of green space per person than almost any other city in the country. In some neighborhoods, 12,000 children or more can share as few as three playgrounds.

PlaNYC, a plan to improve the city's environment and build a sustainable future, will include seven initiatives to increase open space and improve public health in New York City.

These plans include making existing parks and recreational sites more available to New Yorkers, expanding usable hours at existing facilities, and expanding the city's tree canopy cover from 24 to 30 percent by 2030.

These plans and others will promote increased property values, calm traffic and increase the health and quality of life for all New Yorkers, as it would provide at least 1.5 acres of park space for every 1000 people.

Sign the petition today to show your support for PlaNYC!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 3,000

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Dear decision maker,

I am writing to urge you to support three primary approaches to ensure that nearly every New Yorker lives within a 10-minute walk of a park by 2030:

- Make existing sites available to more New Yorkers. This includes opening schoolyards across the city as public playgrounds, allowing athletic
teams across the city to use existing fields and complexes, and completing at least one major underdeveloped park site in every borough.

- Expand usable hours at existing sites. This includes converting asphalt sites into multi-purpose fields and installing new lighting that allows for nighttime use of existing fields.

- Re-imagine the public realm. The City will create a new or enhance existing public plazas in every community and will green the cityscape through tree plantings and expanding the Greenstreets program.

We signed the “Make New York Green - Expand New York's Parks and Open Spaces” letter!

# 50:

8:56 pm PST, Feb 7, Julianne Kitten, Michigan

# 49:

8:13 pm PST, Feb 7, Ann Harris, Louisiana

# 48:

8:05 pm PST, Feb 7, Janice and mom Jeanne Gloe, California
Please follow in the footsteps of Frederick Law Olmstead who planned and developed Central Park. How would it be in New York without Central Park? Think about it. Because of people who had insight into positive future needs of the people, you have Central Park. Please think of present and future needs of the people in New York again and develop more parks. There are many people in New York. People in cities need some open space to relax and enjoy. We are also grateful to Mr.Olmstead whose ideas helped develop beautiful Golden Gate Park in San Francisco along with John McLaren! Thank goodness Golden Gate Park is here...and the S.F. Parks Dept. is also working to develop more parks, and has for years!

# 47:

7:43 pm PST, Feb 7, Prima Baily, New York

# 46:

5:20 pm PST, Feb 7, Kelly Garbato, Missouri

# 45:

4:48 pm PST, Feb 7, Priyadarshani Pande, New York

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4:15 pm PST, Feb 7, Kim Stevens, California

# 43:

3:51 pm PST, Feb 7, Frances Tan, Kansas

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3:45 pm PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, New York

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1:57 pm PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, California

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1:52 pm PST, Feb 7, Ronald Eenwerd, Netherlands

# 39:

1:35 pm PST, Feb 7, Steve Dale, Australia

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1:27 pm PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

# 37:

12:27 pm PST, Feb 7, Robert Wagner, Georgia

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10:33 am PST, Feb 7, Frank Scavelli, New Jersey
Green is Better!!!!

# 35:

10:33 am PST, Feb 7, Rebecca Everhart, Indiana

# 34:

9:14 am PST, Feb 7, Gabrielle Bertrand, France

# 33:

9:13 am PST, Feb 7, Ruhal Hazim, New York

# 32:

8:50 am PST, Feb 7, John McGeehan, New York

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8:39 am PST, Feb 7, Catherine Smalley, United Kingdom

# 30:

8:03 am PST, Feb 7, Alicia Smith, Illinois

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7:40 am PST, Feb 7, Theresa Jones, Pennsylvania

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7:34 am PST, Feb 7, Marcia G, Wisconsin

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7:31 am PST, Feb 7, Julie Washburn, Arkansas

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7:24 am PST, Feb 7, Robert E Treichel Sr, Connecticut
Children should be able to have safe places to go and have fun and adults as well so that tehy can relax after a hard day at work, or take a nice enjoyable walk, without seeing the hustle ande bustle of the big city...

# 25:

7:07 am PST, Feb 7, Anne Seidel, Germany

# 24:

6:00 am PST, Feb 7, Melissa Dunn, Florida

# 23:

5:44 am PST, Feb 7, Joanna Gibson, Maryland

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5:38 am PST, Feb 7, Paul Combs, Connecticut

# 21:

4:53 am PST, Feb 7, Betty Gibson, Florida

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4:11 am PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, Australia

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1:22 am PST, Feb 7, Steve Klein, Canada

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1:17 am PST, Feb 7, Name not displayed, France

# 17:

1:05 am PST, Feb 7, Steven Heaver, New Jersey

# 16:

12:34 am PST, Feb 7, Marcin Sztwiertnia, Poland

# 15:

12:02 am PST, Feb 7, Izzy Wilhelmsen, Norway

# 14:

11:55 pm PST, Feb 6, Kayla Philbrick, Maine

# 13:

9:38 pm PST, Feb 6, Name not displayed, Washington

# 12:

9:01 pm PST, Feb 6, Nicholas Hayes, New York

# 11:

8:34 pm PST, Feb 6, Name not displayed, New York

# 10:

8:07 pm PST, Feb 6, Meg Fullam, Georgia
There is a reason for nature. We need it for many reasons, to purify the air, to provide a relaxing atmosphere so people will enjoy life more and be less prone to violent or unstable behavior. The earth is a delicate balance!

# 9:

7:32 pm PST, Feb 6, Jennifer Posanka, Illinois

# 8:

7:05 pm PST, Feb 6, Valerie L lurie, New Hampshire

# 7:

6:23 pm PST, Feb 6, Ethan Kolp, Ohio

# 6:

6:13 pm PST, Feb 6, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine

# 5:

6:05 pm PST, Feb 6, Sarah Howell, California

# 4:

4:01 pm PST, Feb 6, Aiz T, Canada

# 3:

3:46 pm PST, Feb 6, Tori Reiser, California

# 2:

3:03 pm PST, Feb 6, Rachel Dowden, Louisiana

# 1:

2:52 pm PST, Feb 6, Gale Weaner, Texas

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