After the historic passage of the OneLIC rezoning, spearheaded by Council Member Julie Won and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to double the budget of NYC Parks, a group of parks advocates from around Queens braved the freezing temperatures on Jan. 24 to visit several parks around Long Island City to discuss it serious lack of greenspace compared to other districts.
“We will continue to invest in our green spaces because it is the livelihood of our community.. and we’re going to continue to work with our newest Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to make sure that all of the parks funding that was allotted to clearing out underneath the Queensboro Bridge for the restoration of the park… so it can be somewhere where we can have fun and enjoy the summer,” Won said.
