Category: Actions

Community Garden License Deadline Extended for 30 Days

We are pleased that GreenThumb has extended the license agreement deadline to September 20. We hope to continue negotiating in good faith. We all love our gardens and want to continue to have a good relationship with GreenThumb and the…

Moratorium on signing the new license agreement

On Saturday, May 18, we held a Community Garden Town Hall at St Mark’s Church to discuss the new GreenThumb license agreement mailed to the garden representatives on the week of April 15. More than 130 people from across the…

Elizabeth Street Garden Filed A Lawsuit

  Elizabeth Street Garden (ESG), ESG Chair Renee Green, and the Garden’s creator Allan Reiver have filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) challenging their actions regarding environmental quality review of the…

Mayor De Blasio: Protect Mandela Garden

A decision in the lawsuit to protect Mandela Garden from development could come as early as next week, and we have one more chance to tell the Mayor how critical this resource is before a decision is made. We’d like…

Charter Review: Manhattan Public Hearing

The 2019 Charter Revision Commission is at work, holding public hearings in each borough to solicit the public’s ideas for improving city government – and at 6:00 pm next Thursday, Sept. 27, at the City Council Chambers in City Hall, it’s…

Help Shape NYC’s Urban Agriculture Policy

The City is in the process of developing an Urban Agriculture Policy. This will affect all of us. Your input is important.  We will be at the table for an upcoming listening session with stakeholders and City officials. Be part of…

Save J.D. Wilson Memorial Garden

The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden in Central Harlem was created more than 30 years ago by an elderly Guyanese gentleman–a Harlem homeowner, a group of teens, a young woman and her future husband. An amazing oasis emerged from what…

#Sandy5 Mobilization Around Fifth Anniversary of Superstorm

Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy blasted our city and our communities. Join us on October 28th as we remember, resist, and rise together five years after the storm. It will be a powerful display of our resilience and our commitment…

Aug 5: Public meeting to discuss Mayor’s Rat Reduction Plan

Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS) and the NYC Community Garden Coalition would like to invite you to a public meeting to discuss Mayor DeBlasio’s Rat Reduction Plan and how it will affect our neighborhood. The Mayor has included the East Village…