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…