Category: NYCCGC News

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/  

Ode to Boardwalk Community Garden from Karen Washington

This is an open letter to the injustices that continue to plague low-income neighborhoods. Many times it has been said that history has a tendency to repeat itself. Recently a developer in Brooklyn was given the rights to develop an amphitheater on…

PRESS CONFERENCE 12/30/13 11AM: Boardwalk Community Garden, Coney Island: Bulldozed. Community Outrage!

December 29, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director, New York City Community Gardens Coalition (NYCCGC) — 973-222-5413   eighty20group@gmail.com Boardwalk Community Garden, Coney Island: Bulldozed. Community Outrage! Speakers include leaders of Boardwalk Garden, Coney Island Community leaders and…

ACTION ALERT: BOARDWALK GARDEN IS BEING BULLDOZED

At 5am Saturday morning the developer – iStar  –  started to destroy 16 years of community gardening effort.  The Garden survived Hurricane Sandy but not the destruction by machines intent on leveling a thriving community garden. On Thursday they locked the garden. This…

UPDATE ON BOARDWALK COMMUNITY GARDEN

On Thursday the 26th at 4pm, two men entered Boardwalk community garden.  They said that they were from a development LLC and would not give their names or the name of their company. They told the community they were going…

Holiday Greetings

New Mayor! New City Council President! New Year! While you are busy making holiday plans with friends and family, please take the time to make the season a bit greener for all New York. Your tax deductible gift will enable…

No General Meetings this Thursday 12/19

INSTEAD PLEASE ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 12/19 AT 1:30pm  CITY HALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROOM TO SAVE BOARDWALK GARDEN. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE VIEW OUR POST BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. GENERAL MEETINGS WILL RETURN ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF…