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By Rebekah McCabe
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On Tuesday, August 10th the NYC Parks Department convened a public hearing to solicit the testimonies of community gardeners regarding proposed new rules and regulations that threaten the preservation of the city’s gardens granted under the 2002 Spitzer agreement.
Meeting early in the morning, Brook Park gardeners and their friends, families and supporters met to make the journey together from the South Bronx downtown to the Chelsea Rec Center to attend the public hearing. United in their opposition to the proposed new rules, they carried hand-painted signs demanding that the City offer permanent protection to all gardens, and bore a cornucopia of flowers, fruit and vegetables freshly picked from Brook Park.
by Rebekah McCabe
For an hour before the hearing began, the Friends of Brook Park joined gardeners and advocates from all across the five boroughs in a colorful and joyous celebration of New York City’s community gardens. They spoke out emphatically against the proposed new rules, challenged the validity of the public hearing, provided impassioned testimony about the importance of these green spaces to the health of the entire city, and ensured that Brook Park has a strong voice on the front line of the fight to preserve all community gardens now.
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