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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: 2-3-2009
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!

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9:26 am PST, Feb 25, Gwen Willow, United Kingdom

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9:02 am PST, Feb 25, Richard L Gatjens, New York

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8:13 am PST, Feb 25, Richard Golding, New York

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7:54 am PST, Feb 25, Kari Steeves, New York
We could also use some major improvements for safety and aethetics to the playgrounds here in Washington Heights.

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7:52 am PST, Feb 25, Adri Luque, New York

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7:06 am PST, Feb 25, Stephen Gyimesi, New York

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5:55 am PST, Feb 25, Name not displayed, New York

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3:18 am PST, Feb 25, Hazel Chase, Arizona

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9:27 pm PST, Feb 24, Ilaria Cutolo, New York

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8:44 pm PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, Texas

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7:39 pm PST, Feb 24, David Elkovitch, New York

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6:45 pm PST, Feb 24, Carolyn Carr, New York

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6:36 pm PST, Feb 24, Edward Guttman, New York

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6:12 pm PST, Feb 24, Scott Zorc, Georgia

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4:45 pm PST, Feb 24, Lisa Ramaci, New York

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4:11 pm PST, Feb 24, M Marin, New York

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3:45 pm PST, Feb 24, Rich Justus, New York

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3:08 pm PST, Feb 24, Rich Devine, New York

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2:30 pm PST, Feb 24, Barbara Barlow, New York

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2:10 pm PST, Feb 24, Fran Wheeler, New York

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1:58 pm PST, Feb 24, Damien Gagne, Canada

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1:50 pm PST, Feb 24, Penny Gummo, New York

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1:44 pm PST, Feb 24, Jamie Bryan, New York
Welcoming, comfortable, open public space is vital.

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1:38 pm PST, Feb 24, Antonia Martinelli, New York

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1:15 pm PST, Feb 24, Deborah Escalet, Pennsylvania

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1:13 pm PST, Feb 24, Nancy Miller, New York
We need breathing space. Trees and green space are good for the body, mind and soul as well as the environment.

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12:36 pm PST, Feb 24, Robin Levy, New York
I grew up in the bronx, but sadly would not raise my children there since the amenities for inner city children are awful. Please help make the parks a safe place for our children. We love New York, and hope to make it a place people want to stay not leave.

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11:28 am PST, Feb 24, Jim Hill, New York

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11:13 am PST, Feb 24, Rosa Bushwick, NYC, New York
We need to have more activities for TEENS NOT JUST TODDLERS AND PLAYGROUNDS.....COMMUNITY BASKETBALL CENTERS!!!!

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10:46 am PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, New York

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10:39 am PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, New York
We need more grass and less parking lots. Please create more open spaces for an even better quality of life for the residents of NY.

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10:35 am PST, Feb 24, Gay Baines, New York

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9:53 am PST, Feb 24, Seena Parker, New York

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9:33 am PST, Feb 24, Name not displayed, New York

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9:31 am PST, Feb 24, Danielle Giammusso, New York

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9:12 am PST, Feb 24, Lisa Capriotti, New York

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9:11 am PST, Feb 24, Christy Inskip, Missouri

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7:44 am PST, Feb 24, Iva Goricnik, New York

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7:19 am PST, Feb 24, John Kesich, Pennsylvania
Having lived and worked in NYC for nearly 50 years, I was very aware of the city's disconnect from nature. After the city's short-sighted assault on community gardens, I think there is a greater need than ever to invest in green space.

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6:28 am PST, Feb 24, Stephanie Cogen, New York

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6:28 am PST, Feb 24, Jill Dube, New York

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5:50 am PST, Feb 24, Karen Barrett, New York

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5:46 am PST, Feb 24, Arlene Kleinhaut, New York

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5:39 am PST, Feb 24, Melania Cammisa, New York

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5:12 am PST, Feb 24, Kathleen Mendez, New York

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4:46 am PST, Feb 24, James Stoner, New Mexico
Let's close the nature-deficit gap in NYC!

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2:09 am PST, Feb 24, Joshua Kohlhepp, Wisconsin

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10:14 pm PST, Feb 23, Elizabeth Lockley, Rhode Island

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9:28 pm PST, Feb 23, Kenneth Barr, New York

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9:01 pm PST, Feb 23, Name not displayed, New York

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