My Randall's Island Experience
June 21, 2008

Randall’s Island Sports New Look

The main quad planned for Randall’s Island

Levien & Company is project manager for the Randall’s Island Sports Development Project, one of the largest public works projects in recent NYC history. The $127 million project will contain 64 state-of-the-art athletic fields, attendant roadways, parking, pedestrian pathways, lighting, landscaping, and comfort stations to be built on the island’s 300 acres.

Lawsuit Successfully Challenges the Privatization of Randall's Island Park Land

Order Annulling Approval of
New Fields on Randall's Island

Lawsuit on Randall's Island Filed Today

Verified Petition

Exhibits

Memorandum of Law

Boden Affidavit in Opposition to
Motion to Amend Petition

Respondents Memorandum of Law
in Opposition to Petitioners Motion
to Amend the Petition

Respondents Memorandum of Law
in Opposition to Petitioners Motion
for Document Discovery Pursuant
to CPLR Section 408

Shapiro Affirmation in Opposition
to Motion for Discovery

March to and Rally On Randall's Island, February 24th

NYC Park Advocates Spill
the Dirt on Synthetic Turf

Parks Department Suspends Use of Rubber “Infill” In Artificial Turf Fields After Installing More than 30,000,000 Pounds (NYC Park Advocates, January 22, 2008)

Revised Synthetic Turf Fields Design Directive (NYC Parks Department, January, 2008)

Synthetic Turf Fields Design Directive (NYC Parks Department, January 14, 2008)

Statement on Synthetic Turf (Deputy Commissioner of Capital Projects Amy Freitag, January 22, 2008)

Statement on the Water Park

"We are gratified that this ill conceived project has been stopped. However it should never have been allowed to go forward in the first place. Turning over vast amounts of public parkland to economic development projects in exchange for maintenance dollars for the park is not the solution. Our elected officials must begin to take the funding for park maintenance seriously. We would like to thank all the people who have worked tirelessly for the protection of this public parkland."

Geoffrey Croft, NYC Park Advocates

Belly Dance in Bloomberg Picnic 2007

Ultra-Lavish Corporate Picnics

Moses Under the Bridge
New York Times, October 22, 2006

Q. Whenever I’m on the Triborough Bridge, I remember that I once heard that Robert Moses’ office was under the bridge. Is it still there? And is it true that it showed up as the M.I.B. headquarters in the movie “Men in Black”?

A. The building is there, on Randall's Island, and it is known as the Robert Moses Building, but Moses’ office — the center of a public works empire — was remodeled out of existence years ago. The building is the headquarters of M.T.A. Bridges and Tunnels, the successor to the old Triborough Bridge Authority. “The space where his office was has been reconfigured and there are different offices there today,” said Catherine Sweeney, a spokeswoman for the agency. “We’re not sure what the dimensions were, but it’s a good bet it wasn’t small.” As for the cinematic “Men in Black,” they used a different M.T.A. building, the tower that houses the ventilator shaft for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. It makes a cameo appearance as the M.I.B. headquarters.