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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!

# 250:

5:50 am PST, Feb 14, Michelle Nussbaum, Connecticut

# 249:

5:47 am PST, Feb 14, Lena Nyholm, California

# 248:

5:45 am PST, Feb 14, Name not displayed, New York
Even though I do not live in NYC I visit often and like to spend time with my friends' children outside..I grew up in the city and I have many memories of playing with my friends and family in the park.

# 247:

5:45 am PST, Feb 14, John Lettiere, New York

# 246:

5:43 am PST, Feb 14, Kisha Marzan, Florida

# 245:

5:42 am PST, Feb 14, Elizabeth Wilkins, New York

# 244:

5:41 am PST, Feb 14, Name not displayed, New York

# 243:

5:41 am PST, Feb 14, Caroline Santana, New York

# 242:

5:40 am PST, Feb 14, Rachel Miller, New York

# 241:

5:39 am PST, Feb 14, Donna Griesmeyer, New York

# 240:

5:39 am PST, Feb 14, Fiona Sanders, New York
Having grown up in the city near Carl Schulz Park, I know the benefits of having green space. Please expand new parks and open spaces to improve the air quality and much much more.

# 239:

5:38 am PST, Feb 14, E. Robinson, New York
We need parks more than we need high income housing.

# 238:

5:38 am PST, Feb 14, David O'Grady, New York
More green space is good for the people and the environment.

# 237:

5:38 am PST, Feb 14, Jon Mayerman, New York

# 236:

5:38 am PST, Feb 14, Dawn O'donnell, New York

# 235:

5:37 am PST, Feb 14, Penelope Carter, New York

# 234:

5:35 am PST, Feb 14, Judith Wolfe, New York
We need to breathe!

# 233:

5:35 am PST, Feb 14, James Amon, South Carolina

# 232:

5:34 am PST, Feb 14, Cheryl Shainmark, New York

# 231:

5:34 am PST, Feb 14, Brian Guadagno, New Jersey

# 230:

5:33 am PST, Feb 14, Eric Weaver, New York

# 229:

5:33 am PST, Feb 14, Elvira Casado, New York

# 228:

5:32 am PST, Feb 14, Karen Trepes, New York
Cleaner air and more quiet.

# 227:

5:31 am PST, Feb 14, Name not displayed, New York

# 226:

5:31 am PST, Feb 14, Karen Strock, New York

# 225:

5:29 am PST, Feb 14, Alice Brody, New York

# 224:

5:29 am PST, Feb 14, A. Schlar, New York

# 223:

5:28 am PST, Feb 14, Vincent Rusch, New York
we all need parks.

# 222:

5:28 am PST, Feb 14, Donald Hoyt, New York

# 221:

5:27 am PST, Feb 14, Elvira Stepinoff, New York
Growing up in The Bronx was a wonderful experience. One thing that made it great was the lovely small park only a block away. That park, Joyce Kilmer Park, was an important part of my childhood. All New Yorkers should have an open green space.

# 220:

5:26 am PST, Feb 14, Gloria Paz, New York
Everyone deserves to breathe easier, and enjoy the beauty of creation!

# 219:

5:25 am PST, Feb 14, Annie Phillips, New York

# 218:

5:25 am PST, Feb 14, Kate Skolnick, New York

# 217:

5:24 am PST, Feb 14, Barbara Penge, New York

# 216:

5:24 am PST, Feb 14, Rayna Khaitan, New York

# 214:

5:24 am PST, Feb 14, Carole Slatkin, New York
As Henry David Thoreau so succinctly put it, "In wildness is the preservation of the world". How much more true is that statement today than it was 150 years ago.

# 213:

5:23 am PST, Feb 14, Gail David, New York
We need more parks for environmental and personal well being. NYC parks employees do a fantastic job on the parks already in New York, but we can always use more parks,

# 212:

5:23 am PST, Feb 14, Louann Ruiz, New York

# 211:

5:21 am PST, Feb 14, Steve Berens, New York
Parks in NYC are about the only thing that helps our children after school and in the summertime.

# 210:

5:21 am PST, Feb 14, Tracy Tekverk, New York

# 209:

5:21 am PST, Feb 14, Mela London, New York

# 208:

5:20 am PST, Feb 14, Judith Schneider, New York
We need nature. WE need to live in an environment that reminds and nourtures us with Sun, light , water,animals and birds. We are not created to live in concrete only.

# 207:

5:19 am PST, Feb 14, Richard Clarkson, New York

# 206:

5:18 am PST, Feb 14, Gwyn Metz, New York

# 205:

5:17 am PST, Feb 14, Sandra Sze, New York

# 204:

5:16 am PST, Feb 14, Name not displayed, New York

# 203:

5:16 am PST, Feb 14, Melissa C, New York

# 202:

5:16 am PST, Feb 14, Philip Heinlein, New York

# 201:

5:14 am PST, Feb 14, John Santana, New York

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