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New York's Community Gardens - 
Still Fighting for the Right to Exist

TPLbrochure1 copy.JPG (265809 bytes)New York's Community Gardens -
A Resource at Risk

The Trust for Public Land announces the publication of a new report that reviews the value of community gardens in New York City and presents a case for their ongoing support. Click on the title above to go to this important report. It is available for downloading in PDF format.

The picture above (click on snapshot to enlarge) appeared on the cover of a TPL brochure in 1984 after the successful campaign that transferred Clinton Community Garden to permanent parkland status. It shows the original design of Clinton Community Garden.

Community Garden Legislative Report

by Adam Honigman

There are several pro community garden progressive pieces of legislation for the 2001-2002 legislative session that have been sponsored and/or co-sponsored by our local elected officials in the NYC Council, the NY State Senate and the NY State Assembly. Unfortunately, all of these bills, which would establish community gardens as a legitimate land use (and thus preserve them), have not been permitted (by committee chairs and speakers of the Council, Senate and Assembly) to come to the floor for a vote.

The bills are:
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NYC Council Intros: 742/743 - which is proposed to preserve community gardens by defining them as a legitimate land use is co-sponsored by our Councilperson, Christine Quinn. Click here to view 742. Click here to view 743. Both bills were introduced again in 2000 but evidently not re-introduced in 2001.

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NY Senate Bill: #S02035 - which was introduced by our State Senator, Thomas K. Duane is to amend the city charter to have GreenThumb community gardens reviewable under the NYC Uniform Land Use Review Process. Click here to access NYS Legislative Bills. Change the first window to Bill No. and enter S02035 in the second window. Then click on Search.

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NY State Senate Bill: #S01716 (S1716A) - "An Act to dedicate community gardens as parkland in the state of New York". Click here to access NYS Legislative Bills. Change the first window to Bill No. and enter S01716 in the second window. Then click on Search.

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NY State Senate Bill: #S02154 that was co-sponsored by State Senator Schneiderman - "An Act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law in relation to the definition of historic preservation project . . . including community gardens". Click here to access NYS Legislative Bills. Change the first window to Bill No. and enter S02154 in the second window. Then click on Search.

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NY State Assembly Bill: #A05999 - which is the NYS Assembly version of the Senate Bill S02035 above and is co-sponsored by our State Assemblymen, Richard Gottfried and Scott Stringer. Click here to view A05999. 

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NY State Assembly Bill: #A05819 which was co-sponsored by Assemblyman Scott Stringer - "An Act to dedicate community gardens as parkland in the city of New York". Click here to view A05819.

The Legislative Websites are:

NYC Council: http://www.council.nyc.ny.us/

NY State Senate: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/

NY State Assembly: http://assembly.state.ny.us/

 

 

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