Please Don't Cut NYC's Parks Budget

This petition was published by New Yorkers for Parks on May 25, 2010

Dear Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn,

We, the undersigned, call upon the City of New York to support our parks in these difficult fiscal times. The Executive Budget cuts Parks by nearly $30 million, with only $230 million allotted in City Tax Funds. This is still less than half of one percent of city spending.

We ask for the following budget restorations:

• $10 million to restore Job Training Participants (JTP) in the Parks Opportunity Program (POP). POP provides paid transitional employment and training for vulnerable New Yorkers who keep our parks clean and safe year-round.

• $2 million to prevent the closure of four swimming pools and a swimming season shortened by two weeks. This funding pays our lifeguards and allows facilities to remain open.

• $5 million to restore seasonal staff positions. Seasonal staff are hired on for the busy summer season in parks.

• $3 million to fund tree pruning, cut last year and not restored, leaving our many new trees without regular pruning.

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