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…
Garden Survey
Recently GreenThumb sent a survey asking Community Gardens questions ahead of receiving new licenses. The City will be issuing new 4-year licenses for our gardens in December. We believe these agreements should have input from the gardeners. We are all volunteers working…
New York City Charter Revision Hearings
For the rest of September, the City Council is conducting citywide, borough-based hearings on the Revision of the City Charter. This holds major implications for determining how Land Use (including ULURP) decisions are made and how local Community Boards, Borough…
Survey: New 4-year GreenThumb License
GreenThumb is about to issue the new 4-year license agreement for community gardens operating on NYC Parks land. In preparing the rights and requirements for the new term, GreenThumb is asking gardeners to respond to an online survey. NYCCGC urges everyone to…
Notes from the Urban Ag Town Hall
Councilmember Espinal and Brooklyn Borough President Adams hosted an Urban Agriculture Town Hall on May 8, 2018. Community gardeners and many supporting organizations including NYCCGC attended to communicate the value and needs of urban ag in our city’s public gardens.…
NYCCGC and NYC’s Urban Ag policy
I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil-based as well as other community-driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy…