Reports and Documents – Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

UN General Assembly Opens Sept 9 with High-Level Meetings Sept 23 to 30th

Expect the usual grid lock, park closures, barricades and protests. Despite the inconvenience, we’re proud that Dag Hammarskjold Plaza remains historic ground for diverse peoples to express 1st Amendment Rights.… Continue reading UN General Assembly Opens Sept 9 with High-Level Meetings Sept 23 to 30th

Fence Gone, Renovation Updates

Parks’ Daffodil Project℠ has planted 7.5 million daffodils bulbs across NYC as a living memorial to the victims of 9/11. We will be planting a wide array of spring-blooming flower bulbs… Continue reading Fence Gone, Renovation Updates

Oversight – Law Enforcement’s Role in Keeping City Parks Safe

Scaffolding Reform: Saving our Parks & Greenspace

Map of Shelters, East Midtown

Vanderbilt Y Rents Empty Hotel Rooms to Shelter Homeless

In our last e-blast to Members, we broke the news of the Vanderbilt YMCA’s 6-month contract to rent 219 of its empty hotel rooms as shelter. At our request, Councilman… Continue reading Vanderbilt Y Rents Empty Hotel Rooms to Shelter Homeless

City Council Hearing on Concession Reform, Testimony of Anne Saxon-Hersh, Director of Development, Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Parks Committee, Oct 24, 2007

City Council Hearing on Concession Reform, Testimony of Anne Hersh, Director of Development, Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Parks Committee, October 24, 2007