Randall's Island - June 27, 2009 BELOW: A Bronx couple are denied park access by a Bloomberg LP. security guard this past weekend.   The couple were in the park attending a birthday party for their nephew.  Photos courtesy of Geoffrey Croft, NYC Park Advocates.

• 600 Digitas NY employees give East Harlem an “8-Hour” makeover (The Daily Tell, July 27, 2010)
• Creating Open Space Takes Politics and Planning (Gotham Gazette, July 22, 2010)
• John McEnroe's Next Frontier: Home (Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2010)
• Schools to get biggest chunk of Boro Prez Ruben Diaz Jr.'s $37M earmarks for capital improvements (New York Daily News, July 13, 2010)
• These lucky nonprofit park workers are getting a salary from city Parks Department, too (New York Daily News, July 11, 2010)
• Where Does the Water Go? (Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2010)
• New Rules Worry Community Garden Advocates (The New York Times, July 6, 2010)
• City's artificial turf fields full of holes, loose seams according to new survey (New York Daily News, July 4, 2010)
• Limb's Crash Was Likely 'Act of God,' Mayor Says (The New York Times, June 29, 2010)
• Pitting Parks Against Open Space (Gothamist, June 16, 2010)
• Private Schools Dominate Fields At Randall's Island (Gothamist, June 15, 2010)
• Randall's Island Reborn (The Architect's Newspaper, June 14, 2010)
• On Randalls Island, Private Schools Play Free (The New York Times, June 14, 2010)
• Private Schools Play for Free on Randall's Island (DNAinfo, June 14, 2010)
• Four CSL finals at Randall's Island (Big Apple Soccer, June 5, 2010)
• Marcus Garvey Amphitheater Breaks Ground on $7 Million Renovation With Help From MTA (DNAinfo, June 3, 2010)
• City Tightens Rules on Artificial Turf (The New York Times, June 3, 2010)
• NY Road Runners Host Massive City Youth Track Event (NY1 News, June 2, 2010)
• Piden restaurar fondos para parques públicos (El Diario La Prensa, 2 de Junio, 2010)
• State Senate Approves Legislation To Reopen Parks (NY1 News, May 28, 2010)
• Legislature Defends Integrity of Environmental Fund and Reopens Parks (Read Media, May 28, 2010)
• State Senate To Vote On Parks Legislation (NY1 News, May 28, 2010)
• Un vecindario sin piscina (El Diario La Prensa, 28 de Mayo, 2010)
• Cuts to parks and education rile up audience (Downtown Expressl, May 27, 2010)
• Governor Patterson Signs Child Safe Playing Field Pesticides Act (A Walk in the Park, May 21, 2010)
• No green room Riverbank State Park begins service reductions (Amsterdam News, May 20, 2010)
• Mariano Rivera, John McEnroe and High School Ballplayers Open Randall's Island Sports Fields (DNAinfo, May 20, 2010)
• McEnroe Tennis Academy a Reality (World Tennis Magazine, May 19, 2010)
• Randall's Island Park Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony For New Sport Fields, 5/19 (Broadway World, May 18, 2010)
• FDNY Beat NYPD in Memorial Rugby Match Honoring Two Men Killed in Iraq (DNAinfo, May 18, 2010)
• Sweat | Who Needs Grass? (The New York Times, May 15, 2010)
• John McEnroe Puts Oomph Behind Alternative Tennis Academy (The New York Times, May 7, 2010)
• Latest 'Cirque' Show Bugs Out (NY1 News, May 3, 2010)
• Second Phase of Harlem River Park Bikeway is Completed (DNAinfo, April 30, 2010)
• Hearing on Limits for Vendors Gets Creative Response (The New York Times, April 24, 2010)
• FDNY teams with Marines to stage mock suicide bomb, poison gas attacks (New York Daily News, April 22, 2010)
• Terrorism Drill On Randall's Island Today (Gotham Gazette, April 22, 2010)
• Rooftop farming booming in New York (AFP, April 22, 2010)
• Third Annual STREET GAMES Brought The '60s & '70s Back (Broadway World, April 22, 1010)
• NYC Council's Parks Committee to Hold Hearing on Concessions in NYC's Public Parks (Press Release, April 21, 2010)
• No kiddin,' most 'open' playgrounds still closed after News highlights 17 locked play areas (New York Daily News, April 19, 2010)
• "Street Games" Showcase Held In East Harlem (NY1 News, April 18, 2010)
• New York Seeks Limits on Art Vendors in Parks (The New York Times, April 17, 2010)
• Health law paves way to better living (American Public Radio, April 15, 2010)
• Cirque du Soleil at Randall's Island Park (Back Stage, April 15, 2010)
• Yankees Scout Cesar Prescott Does Baseball Clinic with Manhattan Center Rams Baseball Team (Latino Sports April 13, 2010)
• City-funded experiment using 16 types of rooftop gardens to make air cleaner, harvest rainwater (New York Daily News, April 6, 2010)
• In NY's Central Park, where goes Peter Cottontail? (Washington Post,, April 3, 2010)
• RFK Ramp Creates New Link To Randall's Island (NY1 News, March 31, 2010)
• In the Park, Honoring a Legend of Jogging (The New York Times, March 29, 2010)
• Tree in Central Park Uprooted, Crushes Car (DNAinfo, March 29, 2010)
• Central Park Tree Topples, Crushes Car (NY1, March 27, 2010)
• Malestar por recortes en parque (El Diario La Prensa, 17 de Marzo, 2010)
• Residents and Lawmakers Rally in Defense of Harlem's Riverbank State Park (DNAinfo, March 16, 2010)
• Community Rallies To Save Cut Programs At West Harlem Park (NY1, March 13, 2010)
• Golf Cart Rides from Fifth Avenue Proposed in Plan for Central Park Tennis Courts (DNAinfo, March 12, 2010)
• Soaked Parade Grounds stays shut as the city eyes irrigation (New York Daily News, March 9, 2010)
• State Proposes Closing 55 Parks and Historic Sites (The New York Times, March 2, 2010)
• City parks eye splash $lash (New York Post, March 1, 2010)
• Get Your Outdoor Fix Now: Many Parks Slated to Close (New York Show Tickets, February 20, 2010)
• Tennis, everyone? East Siders don't get choice as park where Joe Namath batted becomes private club (New York Daily News, February 18, 2010)
• Parks for People Not for Profit!: Community Board 8 Meeting Notice and Press Release (NYC Park Advocates, February 18, 2010
• The new Yankee Stadium is built, but where are the promised ballfields for kids? (New York Daily News, February 17, 2010)
• Ferries Needed for Cirque Du Soleil's Return to Randall's Island (DNAinfo, February 12, 2010)
• When Parks Must Rely on Private Money (The New York Times, February 7, 2010)
• Advocates Discuss Ways To Protect Community Gardens From Redevelopment (NY1, February 6, 2010)
• Turf War: Why the fight for private school access to public land isn’t over yet (West Side Spirit, January 13, 2010)
• Court Decision: Citywide Council on High Schools, et al. v. FCRC et al. (Amended, December 29, 2009)
• Judge Rejects City's Private Ballfield Plan For Randalls Island ... Again (Gothamist, December 23, 2009)
• Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again (New York Daily News, December 23, 2009)
• Judge Rules Against City's Plan To Lease Ball Fields To Private Schools (NY1, December 23, 2009)
• Courts Rule Against City's Plan for Randall's Island, Again (WNYC Radio, December 23, 2009)
• Judge slams city's preppy-sport boo$t (New York Post, December 23, 2009)
• Judge rules Randall's Island field plan illegal (WABC News, December 23, 2009)
• Court rules against Randall’s Island land use (The Real Deal, December 23, 2009)
• Concession Deal - Lack Of Environmental Review (A Walk in the Park, December 23, 2009)
• Court Orders Council Vote on Randall's Island Redevelopment (WNYC Radio, December 22, 2009)
• New Randalls Island Deal With Private Schools Is Rejected (The New York Times, December 23, 2009)
• Judge Rips City/Parks Department Over Randall's Island Pay-To-Play Concession Deal - Lack Of Environmental Review (A Walk in the Park, December 22, 2009)
• Court Shoots Down City Deal With Private Schools (The New York Times, December 22, 2009)

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