Over 100 New Yorkers gathered on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan, chanting “What do we want? One percent! When do we want it? Now!” as the rain poured in. They all had one goal in mind: to obtain a fully funded parks system.
Play Fair – an advocacy campaign and 400+ member coalition – alongside New Yorkers for Parks, hosted a rally and budget hearing on Monday. According to their website, 14% of New York City is parkland, but the city allocates 0.6% of the budget to the New York City parks department. They aim to have at least 1% of the budget given to parks.
