Category: NYCCGC News

PACK THE COURT! Stand with Boardwalk Community Garden

After the previous judge recused himself, the Boardwalk Community Garden has a new judge and a new court date! Please help us PACK THE COURT and show Judge Peter Paul Sweeney how important this case is to the future of…

Boardwalk Community Garden Lawsuit Update

By NYCCGC President Ray Figueroa  MARK YOUR CALENDARS & SPREAD THE WORD – COME OUT TO THE RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE at 10:30 AM and to PACK THE COURTROOM at 12:15 PM on MONDAY, the 15TH of DECEMBER at BROOKLYN (KINGS COUNTY) STATE…

Friends of Brook Park Youth Farm Featured in Alternatives to Incarceration Report

Ray’s Program at the Friends of Brook Park Youth Farm highlighted in newly released Alternatives To Incarceration (ATI) Report, and Ray was a featured ATI Panel Presenter! NYCCGC president, Ray Figueroa, was a featured panelist on a panel: “MORE COMMUNITY RE-INVESTMENT, LESS YOUTH…

Putting community gardens on the map

JOIN US! Open Street Map is hosting several events for Geography Awareness Week, one of which we’ve helped organize: Map Community Gardens on Open Street Map. WHEN: Saturday, 11/22, 12pm-3pm WHERE: The Bark Room, Ground Floor, Parsons School of Design, 2…

For Immediate Release: Response to NY Post article “Root of all evil: Vegetables in NYC gardens are ‘toxic’”

For Immediate Release: NYCCGC response to the New York Post November 16th 2014 article “Root of all evil: Vegetables in NYC gardens are ‘toxic’” by Gary Buiso  Contact: Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director, New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) — 973-222-5413   aziz@nyccgc.org In response to yet…

Open Letter from East New York Farms

By David Vigil, reposted with permission It was with disappointment, but with little surprise, that we read the article “The Root of All Evil” in this Sunday’s New York Post.  This article is the third that Gary Buiso has written…

November General Meeting

Come join us at our November general meeting! All are welcome. We’ll get updates from threatened gardens, plan for December’s Board elections, and start planning for next year. WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 6:30pm-8:30pm WHERE: Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 E. 11th…

NYCCGC Goes to Moscow

NYC Community Gardens featured at the 1st Moscow International Forum, 16 October 2014 By Magali Regis, NYCCGC Board Member I was invited to participate in the 1st Moscow International Forum. The theme this year was: Culture – Look into the…

Update on LaGuardia Corner Gardens Case

Reposted from Ellen Horan: Dear Gardeners and Garden Coalition members, This is not over. There was ruling today on the NYU case called ‘Glick v. Harvey’ (see here). Just to make clear to you, (and to my best understanding), this is…

More Gardens & HONK NYC presents the East Village Cavalcade for Community Gardens

This Saturday, October 18, More Gardens & HONK NYC is presenting the East Village Cavalcade for Community Gardens from 2-6pm.  HONK is an international activist brass band extravaganza and for the third collaborative year with More Gardens! they are marching through to the Lower…