May 1, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director, New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) Contact Information: Aziz Dehkan, NYCCGC Executive Director phone: 973.222.5413 email: eighty20group@gmail.com BOARDWALK COMMUNITY GARDEN FILES SUIT AGAINST THE CITY, REACHES AGREEMENT…
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Earth Day Environmental Advocate of the Year Award to Ray Figueroa
The NYCCGC is proud to announce that on April 30th Board President Ray Figueroa will be awarded the Earth Day Environmental Advocate of the Year Award presented by Earth Day New York and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The award presentation reads…
General Meeting April 17th
NYCCGC will be holding our monthly General Meeting this Thursday April 17th 6:30 – 8:30 At Castle Gardens 625 West 140th Street New York, NY 10031 This will be an opportunity to hear about the latest on all things community…
For Immediate Release: Response to the New York Post March 16, 2014 article
For Immediate Release: Response to the New York Post March 16, 2014 article “Lead Found in Community Gardens’ Soil, May Affect Produce” by Gary Buiso In response to the recent Post article, it is both harmful to our communities and inaccurate to…
GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY MARCH 20th in MANHATTAN
Thursday is the first day of Spring, our gardens are coming back to life. Celebrate with the NYCCGC at our General Meeting this Thursday, March 20th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street, Manhattan. As part of…
03-05-14 NOON: BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL RALLY
THIS WAS CONEY ISLAND’S BOARDWALK GARDEN IN FULL BLOOM, SUMMER OF 2013: AND THIS WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE GARDEN ON DECEMBER 28TH 2013 WHEN GREEDY DEVELOPERS AND THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT ILLEGALLY BULLDOZED IT TO…
NYCCGC General Meeting this Thursday 02-20-14
JOIN THE NYCCGC IN MANHATTAN ON THURSDAY, the 20th LOCATION: The Neighborhood Preservation Center. The Center is located at 232 East 11th Street. TIME: 6:30 -8:30PM The NYCCGC will be holding its General Meeting to talk with our fellow gardeners on…
Pete Seeger – May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014
It’s a moment of (selfish) grief for us. It’s a little hard to absorb. Like hundreds of thousands of others, we claimed Pete as our own. :”Papa Pete” we said. We feel kind of helpless in this moment–how will we do…
GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY JANUARY 16th
JOIN THE NYCCGC IN CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN ON THURSDAY, the 16th LOCATION: The YMCA at 29th and Surf Ave TIME: 6:30 -8:30PM The NYCCGC will be holding its General Meeting in Coney Island to discuss the destruction of the Boardwalk…
Updated….News Links to Boardwalk Garden Bulldozing
Follow the continuing story here: https://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=coney+island+bulldozed&ncl= dUYg8OveunHIG7MUTM1nNoAKbmXlM&cf=all&scoring=d Two videos during bulldozing & our press conference: http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/community-garden-razed-in-coney-island-after-dispute-with-city-1.6685904 http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/coney-island-residents-rally-after-demolition-of-community-garden-along-boardwalk-1.6693476 And follow us on our Twitter feed: @NYCCGC https://twitter.com/