Parks Department NewsLatest News On Parks Department NYC Council fighting back on Mamdani’s parks budget cuts — with plan to fund hundreds more quality of life officers5/27/2026 3:49 PM Mamdani’s $124.7B budget cuts a third of NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol — and critics warn it will leave major gap in public safety5/16/2026 1:30 PM Crumbling Van Cortlandt Park Stadium to be demolished — after largely being left to rot since 19395/16/2026 9:39 AM New pitch to install permanent gates at iconic Washington Square Park reignites debate among NYers: ‘It's not a good image of NYC'5/8/2026 5:12 AM You won't believe what scofflaws are now doing in NYC park with million-dollar views4/26/2026 3:23 PM Tots at luxury NYC school locked out of community garden: 'Not like they're going in there and smoking weed'4/12/2026 10:23 AM Mamdani signs 'emergency' order to block concerts, food festivals at NYC parks during FIFA World Cup4/6/2026 4:25 AM NYC park project could push local 'extinction' of birds: critics4/5/2026 3:41 PM So-called cheap and easy-to-build $3.5M toilets for NYC park are 4 years behind schedule -- and counting3/18/2026 11:22 AM Number of Christmas trees recycled at NYC 'Mulchfest' drop, treeflation may be to blame1/26/2026 6:34 AM
