Petition

The New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) asks you to join us and support our efforts to correct the GreenThumb License Agreement. We have been trying to bring the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Mayor’s Office, and the Office of the Corporation Counsel back to the table to negotiate in good faith and resolve the outstanding issues in order to achieve a fair and just GreenThumb community garden License. We have been requesting a meeting since September and gotten no response.

GreenThumb boasts that it is the largest and most successful community garden organization in the country. But it has resorted to threats, misinformation and intimidation to force gardeners to sign this agreement.

We also urge our elected officials to support the thousands of volunteers who have spent years working for to improve their communities and enhance the health and well being of their people.

Petition to negotiate Greenthumb License

I call on GreenThumb and the Parks Department to negotiate in good faith a better Community Garden License Agreement. The license agreement currently offered is flawed and inconsistent. The new license destroys the fruitful relationship that volunteer gardeners have had with GreenThumb for the last 42 years.

Specifically issues that need to be addressed :
1. Remove the Termination-at-Will clause and clarify that only current default will cause the NYC Parks Commissioner to
deny to renew or terminate a License.
2. Remove the Assumption of Risk clause and the sole liability placed on the community gardens and have NYC Parks purchase liability insurance for the community gardens.
3. Remove the community gardeners' blanket Waiver of their Right to a Trial by Jury clause.
4. Fix the event permitting requirements and the inconsistent language between the License, the Handbook, and the Parks Rules & Regulations.

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