Lawmakers push for funding reform to clean up NYC’s most overlooked parks
Overflowing garbage cans and debris-filled pathways are familiar sights for visitors to Claremont Park in the Bronx — but the parks department has limited money to clean things up.
That budget squeeze isn’t an issue for parks in some of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, which have nonprofit arms that raise millions of dollars to keep them nice and tidy. The Central Park Conservancy, which runs the city’s most famous park, brings in more than $140 million every year through donors, events and concessions, according to tax filings.
“Folks with power, they see places like Central Park or the High Line or others, and they say, ‘Wow, our city's parks are in great shape.’ And they make the assumption that the rest of the city's parks look like that,” said Adam Ganser, the executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, during a stroll at Claremont Park. “The reality is that they don't.”
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