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.

• 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 $lash (New York Post, March 1, 2010)
• Get Your Outdoor Fix Now: Many Parks Slated to Close (New York Show Tickets, February 20, 2010)
• Tennis, everyone? East Siders don't get choice as park where Joe Namath batted becomes private club (New York Daily News, February 18, 2010)
• Parks for People Not for Profit!: Community Board 8 Meeting Notice and Press Release (NYC Park Advocates, February 18, 2010
• The new Yankee Stadium is built, but where are the promised ballfields for kids? (New York Daily News, February 17, 2010)
• Ferries Needed for Cirque Du Soleil's Return to Randall's Island (DNAinfo, February 12, 2010)
• When Parks Must Rely on Private Money (The New York Times, February 7, 2010)
• Advocates Discuss Ways To Protect Community Gardens From Redevelopment (NY1, February 6, 2010)
• Turf War: Why the fight for private school access to public land isn’t over yet (West Side Spirit, January 13, 2009)
• Court Decision: Citywide Council on High Schools, et al. v. FCRC et al. (Amended, December 29, 2009)
• Judge Rejects City's Private Ballfield Plan For Randalls Island ... Again (Gothamist, December 23, 2009)
• Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again (New York Daily News, December 23, 2009)
• Judge Rules Against City's Plan To Lease Ball Fields To Private Schools (NY1, December 23, 2009)
• Courts Rule Against City's Plan for Randall's Island, Again (WNYC Radio, December 23, 2009)
• Judge slams city's preppy-sport boo$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)
• Park Conservancy Community Representation Bill Passes Unanimously (A Walk in the Park, December 22, 2009)
• No Winter Hibernation For Garden Activists (City Limits, December 14, 2009)
• A West Harlem Pier and Park Cost $20 Million to Build, Now Waiting to be Used (DNAinfo, December 14, 2009)
• Remembering Hoving’s Service as Parks Commissioner (The New York Times, December 11, 2009)
• Key Figure in Randall's Island Water Park Undoes Joe Bruno (A Walk in the Park, December 11, 2009)
• Without Enough Public Money or Private Donors, Uptown Parks Suffer (The Uptowner, December 1, 2009)
• Donation Will Aid Storm-Ravaged Section of Central Park (The New York Times, November 17, 2009)
• A Top-Down Program Creates More Parks (Gotham Gazette, October 22, 2009)
• Schools await a U.S. report on artifical turf (Philadelphia Inquirer, October 13, 2009)
• The City’s Oldest Tree? Who Knows? But Here’s a Guess (The New York Times, October 8, 2009)
• For Culprits in Miracle on Hudson, the Flip Side of Glory (New York Times, October 2, 2009)
• Still No Place in New York for Qaddafi's Tent (The New York Times, September 24, 2009)
• Exploring the Power of Historical Community Gardens (Virtual Boricua, September 22, 2009)
• Park(ing) Day reclaims street spaces (Columbia Spectator, September 20, 2009)
• New York Eyes ‘No Smoking’ Outdoors Too (The New York Times, September 15, 2009)
• Fat cats turn park-keeper groups into their 'shady' money trees (New York Post, September 13, 2009)
• Free tennis event at Randall's Island (Staten Island Advance, September 11, 2009)
• Right in the Middle of the City, a Place to Get Away From It (The New York Times, September 4, 2009)
• The city’s overlooked parks (metro new york, August 27, 2009)
• It’s a walk in the park for conservancy heads (metro new york, August 26, 2009)
• 500 Injured Trees, Zero Injured People (The New York Times, August 21, 2009)
• Tree Damage Worse Than First Believed (The New York Times, August 21, 2009)
• Storm Toppled Scores of Trees in Central Park (The New York Times, August 19, 2009)
• NYC's Central Park Loses Hundreds of Trees to Storm's Winds (Bloomberg News, August 19, 2009)
• Teens Bring Some Color To Harlem River Park (NY1 News, August 17, 2009)
• Kid Athletes Go For The Gold On Randall's Island (NY1 News, August 12, 2009)
• A Public-slash-Private Park (Gotham Gazette, August 10, 2009)
• In the Bronx, Less Asphalt, More Vegetables (The New York Times, August 7, 2009)
• New York sports fields get a makeover (GovPro Media, June 16, 2009)
• More People But Not Many More Parks (WNYC Radio, June 13, 2009)
• Park survey shows big discrepancies (Metro New York, July 9, 2009)
• Private picnic provokes parks protest (Crain's New York Business, July 7, 2009)
• Tennis Center Opens On Randall’s Island (NY1 News, June 30, 2009)
• Bette Midler Whacks Weeds, Taps 50 Cent to Turn New York Green (Bloomberg News, June 25, 2009)
• Public parks, private purposes (Indianapolis Star, June 24, 2009)
• Free activities, eats and more for kids this summer (New York Daily News, June 20, 2009)
• For Bloomberg, Golf's a Foe With No Term Limits (The New York Times, June 18, 2009)
• Mayor Bloomberg's priorities out of whack (New York Daily News, June 16, 2009)
• An army of one (Crain's New York Business, June 14, 2009)
• Teamtennis Is Returning to New York (The New York Times, June 11, 2009)
• Voto clave sobre los parques en Randall’s Island (El Diario-La Prensa, 9 de Junio, 2009)
• Council Weighs School Access on Randall's Island (WNYC Radio, June 9, 2009)
• Sprinturf Installs More Than 1 Million Square Feet of Turf in One of the World's Greatest Cities (PR Newswire, June 9, 2009)
• Testimony presented to NYC Franchise and Concession Review Committee On Proposed Randall’s Island Concession Agreement (Philip, June 8, 2009)
• Testimony presented to NYC Franchise and Concession Review Committee On Proposed Randall’s Island Concession Agreement (Haimson, June 8, 2009)
• Testimony presented to NYC Franchise and Concession Review Committee On Proposed Randall’s Island Concession Agreement (Ortiz, June 8, 2009)
• Testimony presented to NYC Franchise and Concession Review Committee On Proposed Randall’s Island Concession Agreement (Mark-Viverito, June 8, 2009)
• Advocates, Residents Decry City’s Insulting New Concession Agreement for Randall’s Island (Press Release, June 8, 2009)
• Advocates, Local Residents Decry City's New Concession Agreement for Randall’s Island (Press Advisory, June 7, 2009)
• Parks Department Looking To Sell Off Naming Rights (NY 1 News, June 1, 2009)
• In East Harlem, A Diamond In The Rough (CBS News, May 28, 2009)
• Residents Demand Land Use Review of Randall's Island (WNYC Radio, May 28, 2009)
• Parent/Student Advocates, Park Advocates, Environmental Justice Advocates, and Local Residents sue City over use of Randall’s Island (Press Release, May 27, 2009)
• Fordham Prep takes Intersectional title, but crown doesn't satsify Seaton (New York Daily News, May 26, 2009)
• Bette Midler And NYRP Celebrate Opening of NYC Nature Classroom (Ecorazzi, May 20, 2009)
• Paterson, Harlem Volunteers Celebrate AmeriCorps Week (NY 1 News, May 9, 2009)
• The Homeless Team, Rooting for a New Life Through Soccer (The New York Times, May 2, 2009)

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