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- Parks Dept. tries to fix permit process for fields (Downtown Expres, February 1, 2012)
- Randalls Island Connector could become bridge to nowhere due to muddy South Bronx property deal (New York Daily News, January 24 ,2012)
- EDC struggles to make deal for Randall's Island Connector project (The Real Deal New York, January 24, 2012)
- President Obama Swoops Into Manhattan for Fundraising Spree (DNA Info, January 19, 2012)
- Bloomberg funds Randalls Island playpen for rich on city’s dime while nearby East Harlem goes beggin (New York Daily News, January 4, 2012)
- John McEnroe Tennis Center Pledges to Boost East Harlem Outreach (DNA Info, December 23, 2011)
- Park Advocates Uneasy over $7 Million Tennis Center Expansion Plan (Northattan, December 20, 2011)
- Randall’s Island Tennis Expansion FCRC Hearing Abruptly Canceled (A Walk in the Park, December 15, 2011)
- Randall's Island Tennis Plan Delayed Over Fears it Priced Out Locals (DNAinfo, December 15, 2011)
- Randall’s Island Tennis Expansion Hearing Canceled (The Epoch Times, December 14, 2011)
- Mark-Viverito to FCRC: Consideration of Sportime Tennis Center expansion on Randall's Island premature (December 14, 2011)
- Sportime's Randall's Island Tennis Expansion Opposition Heat Up (A Walk in the Park, December 9, 2011)
- Tennis pro John McEnroe Confronted for Privatizing Randall's Island (Indymedia NYC, December 6, 2011)
- Advocates slam new bid to expand swanky tennis center on Randalls Island (New York Daily News, November 9, 2011)
- Plan To Expand Randall's Island Tennis Courts May Bubble Over (NY 1 News, November 8, 2011)
- Randall's
Island Tennis Court Expansion Worries
Advocates (DNAinfo, November 7, 2011)
- Party
Boat Makes Emergency Randall's Island
Landing for 'Intoxicated' Teens
(DNAinfo, November 7, 2011)
- Is the
revenue-generating park a good thing?
Commissioner Benepe says it Depends on
Who's in Charge (Capital New York,
August 12, 2011)
- McEnroe to open tennis
academy (Newsday, August 1, 2011)
- Bloomberg Throws $9
Million Party In Annual Randall's
Island Land Grab (A Walk in the Park,
June 24, 2011)
- Urban Kayakers gain
victory with Con Ed agreeing to move
cable barricade at Bronx Kill by
year's end (New York Daily News, June
21, 2011)
- Private Sports Camp To
Run Fields On Randall's Island (NY1
News, June 14, 2011)
- Ballfields at $120
million Randalls Island largely
unused, not attracting neighborhood
kids (New York Daily News, June 14,
2011)
- Randall's Island $ 120
Million Ballfield's Go Largely Unused
- Private Sports Camp Scraped (A Walk
in the Park, June 14, 2011)
- Mayor Bloomberg
Attempts to Rebrand the 'Sixth
Borough' (New York Magazine, 14 March
2011)
- IMG Academies to Bring
World Class Sports Camp Experience to
Randall's Island (PR-USA, March 5,
2011)
- Parks turn 'greener'
for exec$ (New York Post, February 20,
2011)
- Randall's Island Bike
Path To Connect to South Bronx
Greenway (Gothamist, January 31, 2011)
- City pushing bikeway
to Hell & back (New York Post,
January 31, 2011)
- Tennis, anyone (rich)?
It's advantage wealthy at swanky
Randalls Island club (New York Daily
News, January 25, 2011)
- Big Dig to Uncover
Tennis Courts after Bubble Roof
Collapses (WNYC Radio, December 31,
2010)
- Three Tennis Bubbles
In Parks Collapse Due To Snow (A Walk
in the Park, December 30, 2010)
- 3 tennis bubbles in
NYC collapse from snow weight (Wall
Street Journal, December 28, 2010)
- Playgrounds for
plutocrats: Who pays for parks?
(Capital New York, December 24, 2010)
- Executioners sing! New
documents reveal full extent of park
gossicide (Brooklyn Papers, November
16, 2010)
- Rabbits are
Disappearing from New York City Parks
(Petside, September 22, 2010)
- A Miniature-Golf
Odyssey (Obstacles Included) (The New
York Times, September 2, 2010)
- Tennis his way: John
McEnroe starts academy (The Associated
Press, September 1, 2010)
- City Should Be
Cautious About Synthetic Turf (City
Limits, August 26, 2010)
- A Risky Play? (City
Limits, August 26, 2010)
- NYC's Fake Grass
Gamble: A $300M Mistake? (City Limits,
August 24, 2010)
- Go play on the
freeway: Parks and ballfields owned by
the city are locked up tight (New York
Daily News, August 22, 2010)
- Randall's Island
Access Obstacles Continue (New York
Daily News, August 17, 2010)
- John McEnroe's Next
Frontier: Home (Wall Street Journal,
July 20, 2010)
- These lucky nonprofit
park workers are getting a salary from
city Parks Department, too (New York
Daily News, July 11, 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)
- 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)
- John McEnroe Puts
Oomph Behind Alternative Tennis
Academy (The New York Times, May 7,
2010)
- Soaked Parade Grounds
stays shut as the city eyes irrigation
(New York Daily News, March 9, 2010)
- Ferries Needed for
Cirque Du Soleil's Return to Randall's
Island (DNAinfo, February 12, 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)
- New Randalls Island
Deal With Private Schools Is Rejected
(The New York Times, December 23,
2009)
- Court Orders Council
Vote on Randall's Island Redevelopment
(WNYC Radio, December 22, 2009)
- Judge Rules Randalls
Island Sports Fields Should Remain
Public (DNAinfo, December 22, 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)
- 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)
- Randall's Island
Quietly Transforms (Our Town,
September 22, 2008)
- Testimony Before the
NYC Council Parks & Recreation
Committee Oversight Hearing on
Randall's Island (Haimson, September
22, 2008)
- Testimony Before the
NYC Council Parks & Recreation
Committee Oversight Hearing on
Randall's Island (Simmons-Taylor,
September 22, 2008)
- Testimony Before the
NYC Council Parks & Recreation
Committee Oversight Hearing on
Randall's Island (Ortiz, September 22,
2008)
- Testimony Before the
NYC Council Parks & Recreation
Committee Oversight Hearing on
Randall's Island (Croft, September 22,
2008)
- Bloomberg L.P. “Summer
Party ‘08″ Takes Over Randalls Island
(WSP Blog, June 23, 2008)
- Request for Inquiry
Into RISF/Parks Department Land Use
Practices on Randall's Island (Foster,
Mark-Vivierito, June 18, 2008)
- Randall's Island Golf
Course Reopens In City's Backyard (NY
1 News, June 4, 2008)
- Randalls Island 'Field
of Schemes' Plan Now Totally Bizarre
(Curbed, May 21, 2008)
- State Judge Allows
Randall's Island Ball Fields To Move
Forward (NY 1 News, May 21, 2008)
- More Ball Fields
Allowed Despite Voiding of Deal (The New
York Times, May 21, 2008)
- Prep schools can build
fields of dreams on Randalls Isle (New York
Daily News, May 21, 2008)
- NY judge clears way
for Randall's Island playing fields (Newsday,
May 21, 2008)
- Randall's Plan Is
Struck Out (New York Post, May
21, 2008)
- Randall's Island Golf
Center Reopens After Major Makeover
(NY 1 News, May 14, 2008)
- Bitter fight over park
goes on (Metro NY, April 11,
2008)
- Lawsuit Filed to Block
Randalls Island Project (WNYC Radio,
April 10, 2008)
- Tennis center
enthusiasts prepared to cause racket (Metro NY,
April 9, 2008)
- New tennis complex
will add courts, stadium at Randall's
Island (Staten Island Advance,
April 2, 2008)
- 20 New Courts and a
Stadium Planned on Randalls Island (The New
York Times, April 2, 2008)
- Randall's Island:
Public Space in Flux (NYC 24, April
2008)
- Locals Score Win On
Randall's Island (Latin
Week NY, February 22, 2008)
- Randalls Island
Hearing Delayed (New York
Observer, February 19, 2008)
- City has fuzzy math on
Randall’s Island redo (Metro NY,
February 19, 2008)
- Runaround on
Randall’s? (Gotham Gazette,
February 13, 2008)
- City Hall tunes out
judge's ruling on Randalls Island
pay-to-play ballfield (New York
Daily News, February 13,
2008)
- What ruling? Dump
trucks still roll on Randall’s Island
(Metro
NY, February 13, 2008)
- State Supreme Court
Blocks Randall's Island Private School
Deal (NY 1 News, February 1, 2008)
- Randalls Island Sports
Field Deal Stymied by Judge (Gothamist,
February 1, 2008)
- Randalls Is.
ballfields stay public - judge (New York
Daily News, February 1, 2008)
- Private Schools Can't
Play on Randalls Island (The New
York Sun, February 1, 2008)
- Judge kills Randall’s
Island deal (Metro NY, February 1,
2008)
- Deal Over Randalls
Island Sports Fields Is Voided (The New
York Times, February 1, 2008)
- Judge kills city's
private school sports fields deal (Newsday,
February 1, 2008)
- Randall's Island
decision; public school children win!
(Press Release, January 31, 2008)
- Order Annulling
Approval of New Fields on Randall's
Island (New York State Supreme Court,
January 31, 2008)
- Fight Over Sports
Fields Brews in NYC (Associated
Press, January 29, 2008)
- NYC sued over private
school deal to transform public
parkland (Newsday, January 27,
2008)
- Randall's
Island deal gives new meaning to
pay-to-play (Crain's New York Business,
January 14, 2008)
- Judge Queries Plan to
Give Private Schools Priority on
Randalls Island (The New
York Times, January 11, 2008)
- Randall's Field Plan
Foul: Foes (New York Post,
January 11, 2008)
- Judge Scornful of
Bloomberg Administration Arguments in
Randall's Island Lawsuit (NYC PSP,
January 10, 2008)
- Arguments Are Heard in
Randall's Island Lawsuit (Press
Release, January 10, 2008)
- Harlem Residents to
Square Off Vs. City Over Randall's
Island (The New York Sun,
January 10, 2008)
- Randall's Island
lawsuit in court (Metro New
York, January 10, 2008)
- Randall's Island
Project Stranded in Court (Gothamist,
January 10, 2008)
- NYC nixes planned
water park on Randall's Island (The
Canadian Press, October 4,
2007)
- City Sinks Water Park
Plan For Randall's Island (NY 1 News,
September 22, 2007)
- With Financing in
Doubt, City Cancels Plans for
Randall's Island Water Park (The New
York Times, September 22,
2007)
- City cancels plans for
Randall's Island water park (New York
Daily News, September 22,
2007)
- NYC nixes planned
water park on Randall's Island (Newsday,
September 22, 2007)
- Randall's Water Park
Goes Down the Drain (New York
Post, September 22, 2007)
- Water park boondoggle
builder misses deadline (New York
Daily News, September 21,
2007)
- Randall's Island Water
Park Plans Waterlogged (Gothamist,
September 21, 2007)
- Drip, drip on water
park (New
York Daily News, September
20, 2007)
- Controller: Parks
Dept. broke law by extending park
deadline (New York Daily News,
September 18, 2007)
- Questions About Park (The New
York Times, September 18,
2007)
- Comptroller Criticizes
Randall's Island Park (WNYC Radio,
September 18, 2007)
- Comptroller wants to
sink water park (Metro New
York, September 18, 2007)
- Troubled Randall's
Island proposal faces deadline (amNew
York, September 18, 2007)
- Letter to Mayor
Bloomberg Regarding Randall's Island
Water Park (Comptroller William
Thompson, September 17, 2007)
- Randall's Island
Waterpark and Private Beach Club
Rejected by NYSDEC (NYC Indymedia,
August 15, 2007)
- On Playing Fields,
Grass Is an Endangered Species (The New
York Times, August 13, 2007)
- Advocates Take Issue
with New Randall's Island (WNYC News,
August 3, 2007)
- Work Begins on
Randall's Island Fields as Opponents
Cry Foul (The New York Sun,
August 3, 2007)
- Padres de El Barrio
contra plan Randall’s (El
Diario/La Prensa, 2 de
Agosto, 2007)
- All Play Ball on
Randall's I. (New York Post, August
3, 2007)
- Officials Break Ground
On Randall's Island Parks, But Some
Protest Private Funding (NY 1 News,
August 2, 2007)
- Residents Protest
Private Schools Getting Sports
Facilities On Island (Associated
Press, August 2, 2007)
- Community Protest of
Bloomberg's Sale of Public Parkland at
Field Groundbreaking (Press Release,
August 1, 2007)
- Open Letter to
Comptroller Thompson (Bubbins, July
24, 2007)
- Sprinturf to Develop
11 New Soccer Fields at Randall's
Island, New York (PR Web, July 17,
2007)
- Deal Will Open 290
School Playgrounds to the Public (The New
York Times, July 2, 2007)
- Randall’s Islands
Sports Fields Development News (July
2007)
- Randall's Island Site
Park Plan (RISF, July 2007)
- Randall's Island
playing fields update
(Insideschools.org, June 15, 2007)
- Playgrounds For All (New York
Press, June 15, 2007)
- [East] Harlem
Residents File Suit Over Randall's
Island Sports Fields (WNYC Radio, June
15, 2007)
- Lawsuit Against City
Claims Randall's Sports Fields Deal Is
Unfair (NY 1 News, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit Seeks to Break
Deal Over Use of Randall's I. (The New
York Times, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit against
Randall’s Island plan (Metro NY,
June 15, 2007)
- Deal With Schools on
Playing Field Use Is Challenged (The New
York Sun, June 15, 2007)
- Parents sue to block
sports field deal (Newsday,
June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit on
Randall's Island Filed Today (Press
Release, June 14, 2007)
- Unfair play for pricey
park (New
York Daily News, May 25,
2007)
- You gotta pay to play,
kids (American Public Media, May 7,
2007)
- Randall's Island Park
To Undergo Major Restorations (NY 1
News, May 4, 2007)
- Field of schemes (Time Out
NY Kids, April 18, 2007)
- Testimony before the
City Council Parks and Recreation
Committee (T. Lunke, Harlem River
Taskforce, March 22, 2007)
- Class-War Bigots (New York
Post, February 18, 2007)
- Deal's not as sweet as
it looks (New York Daily News,
February 16, 2007)
- Temen no poder iniciar
liga de beisbol para menores (El
Diario/La Prensa, 15 de
febrero de 2007)
- Nod to Randall’s
Island plan (Metro NY, February
15, 2007)
- $52M Field Day (New York
Post, February 15, 2007)
- Manhattan: Ball Fields
Approved for Randall's Island (The New
York Times, February 15,
2007)
- Randall's Island Park
Private Fund Plan Approved (WNYC
Radio, February 14, 2007)
- Randall’s
Island "Community" Access Task Force
Memorandum of Understanding (Office of
the Mayor, February 14, 2007)
- Field of broken hearts
(New
York Daily News, February 14,
2007)
- Officials, Parents,
Rally in Opposition to City’s Plan to
Privatize Public Fields (LoHo,
February 14, 2007)
- Randall’s cerca de
manos privadas (El
Diario/La Prensa, 14 de
febrero de 2007)
- Randall's Island Ball
Field Plan Faces Sharp Criticism
Before Vote (NY 1 News, February 14,
2007)
- Letter
to Comptroller Thompson (R. Jereski,
Feb. 14, 2007)
- ‘Pay to play’ old news
(Metro
NY, February 13, 2007)
- Testimony
of Manhattan Community Board 11 at
February 13, 2007 Franchise and
Concession Review Committee Hearing
- Testimony Before
Franchise and Concession Review
Committee (Patrick Sullivan, Class
Size Matters, February 13, 2007)
- Testimony of
Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito at
the Franchise Concession & Review
Committee Hearing on the Proposed
Randall's Island Ball Fields Project,
February 13, 2007
- Private strings on
public fields (El
Diario/La Prensa, 13 de
febrero de 2007)
- Furor over public
parks-private school plan (New York
Newsday, February 13, 2007)
- Play ball on Randall's
Island (New York Daily News,
February 13, 2007)
- Randall's Island:
Playground for Richy Rich Kids? (Gothamist,
February 10, 2007)
- Pay to Play (NYC
Educator, February 10, 2007)
- On Randall's Island,
New Ball Fields via Deal With Elite
Schools (The New York Times,
February 10, 2007)
- Randall's for Rich (New York
Daily News, February 9, 2007)
- Proposed
Modifications to Draft of Randall's
Island Sports Fields Improvement
Project Agreement (Manhattan Borough
President Scott M. Stringer, February
8, 2007)
- Letter
to the Franchise and Concessions
Review Committee (T. Gorman Reilly,
CIVITAS, February 7, 2007)
- Manhattan Community
Board 7 Supports Schools Council
Resolution Opposing Privatization
(February 6, 2007)
- Criticism Heaped on
City Plan to Rent Sports Fields to
Schools (WNYC Radio, February 1, 2007)
- Critics rip athletic
field plan (New York Daily News,
February 1, 2007)
- Response
by NYC Parks Commissioner to January
25th Group Letter to Mayor Bloomberg
(A. Benepe, February 1, 2007)
- Transcript of NYC
Council Parks & Recreation
Committee Hearing on Randall's Island
Franchise, (January 31, 2007)
- Parks Commish: "I'd Be
Lined Up and Shot" (New York
Observer, January 31, 2007)
- Resolution on
Randall's Island Plan (Community
Education Council for District 4,
January 31, 2007)
- Statement of Manhattan
Borough President Scott M. Stringer
Before the New York City Council Parks
Committee regarding The Randall’s
Island Ball Fields Development
Project, January 31, 2007
- Testimony before the
New York City Council Committee on
Parks and Recreation (Urban Dove,
January 31, 2007)
- Testimony before the
New York City Council Committee on
Parks and Recreation (Harlem RBI,
January 31, 2007)
- Statement by Robert
Jereski in Support of Full Public
Access to Ball Fields on Randall's
Island and Against the Deal, January
31, 2007
- Testimony by William
C. Thompson, Jr. NYC Comptroller at
City Council Parks Committee on
Randall’s Island contract, Jan. 31,
2007
- Testimony of
Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick at
City Council Parks Committee on
Randall’s Island contract, Jan. 31,
2007
- Testimony of Eugenia
Simmons-Taylor, President of
President’s Council, District 4 Before
the City Council Parks Committee on
Randall’s Island contract January 31,
2007
- Testimony of Noah S.
Budnick, Deputy Director, Advocacy for
Transportation Alternatives at City
Council Parks Committee on Randall’s
Island contract January 31, 2007
- Testimony re Randall’s
Island Fields Proposal @ NYC Council
Parks Committee Mtg. (L. Haimson,
Class Size Matters, January 31, 2007)
- The New Randall's
Island: Separate and Unequal? (EHP
Testimony at NYC Council Parks
Committee Hearing, January 31, 2007)
- Resolution
on Randall's Island Plan (Community
Education Council for District 3,
January 31, 2007)
- City to pass bucks on
Randall’s Island (Metro NY,
January 31, 2007)
- Pay-to-play plan a
foul ball, commish (New York
Daily News, January 31, 2007)
- Parks ‘dance’ not over
(Metro
NY, January 30, 2007)
- Draft Randall’s Island
Sports Fields Improvement Project
Agreement (January 29, 2007)
- Private Partnerships
For Public Parks (Gotham
Gazette, January 29, 2007)
- Bad smell at 120M
ballfields (New York
Daily News, January 26, 2007)
- Letter to Bloomberg
Re: Randall's Island Field Proposal
(Class Size Matters et al., January
24, 2007)
- Letter to Bloomberg
Opposing Planned Randall's Island Ball
Fields Franchise and Water Park (New
Yorkers for Parks, et al., January 23,
2007)
- Public Parks and
Private Schools (The New
York Times, January 21, 2007)
- Letter to Mayor
Micheal Bloomberg on the Randall's
Island Sports Foundation
Sub-Concession with 20 Private Schools
(Community Board 11, January 17, 2007) s
- Schools Battle Over
Use of Randall's Island Athletic
Fields (NY 1 News, January 11, 2007)
- Position
on Randall’s Island Athletic Fields
Proposal (New Yorkers for Parks,
January 2007)
- Randall's scandal deal
near (New
York Daily News, December 27,
2006)
- Ties Run Deep Between
Bruno and an Investor (The New
York Times, December 16,
2006)
- Summary
of Discussion at the NYU-Wagner Rudin
Center for Transportation Policy and
Management Regarding Access to
Randall’s Island, December 13, 2006
- Follow-Up
Letter to Parks Dept. Commissioner
Adrian Benepe and Randall’s Island
Sports Foundation Chairman Richard
Davis (Manhatttan Borough President
Stringer, November 11, 2006)
- Letter to the Editor:
Private Schools' Access To Randall's
Island (The New York Times,
November 5, 2006)
- Locals Battle Over
Playing Fields On Randall's Island (NY
1 News, November 4, 2006)
- Deal called fair share
on ballfields (New York
Daily News, November 4, 2006)
- Debaten
polémico proyecto (El
Diario/La Prensa, 4 de
noviembre de 2006)
- Testimony at NYC
Council Parks Committee on Proposed
Randall's Island Ball Fields Franchise
(New Yorkers for Parks, Nov. 3, 2006)
- Statement by Community
Board 11 District Manager George
Sarkissian at NYC Council Parks
Committee on Proposed Randall's Island
Ball Fields Franchise (November 3,
2006)
- Statement
of Manhattan Borough President Scott
M. Stringer Before the New York City
Council Parks Committee regarding The
Randall’s Island Ball Fields
Development Project (November 3, 2006)
- Statement to the NYC
Council Parks Committee on Proposed
Randall's Island Ball Fields Franchise
(Merino, November 3, 2006)
- Testimony
at NYC Council Parks Committee on
Proposed Randall's Island Ball Fields
Franchise (Ortiz, November 3, 2006)
- Testimony
at NYC Council Parks Committee
Opposing Proposed Randall's Island
Ball Fields Franchise (Jereski,
November 3, 2006)
- Testimony at NYC
Council Parks Committee Opposing
Proposed Randall's Island Ball Fields
Franchise (Sullivan, November 3, 2006)
- Testimony
at NYC Council Parks Committee on
Proposed Randall's Island Ball Fields
Franchise (Haimson, November 3, 2006)
- Randall’s plan on hold
(Metro
New York, November 3, 2006)
- Proyecto excluye a
escuelas públicas (El
Diario/La Prensa, 28 de
octubre de 2006)
- Keep public parks
public (New York Daily News,
October 27, 2006)
- Poor kids losing turf
war (New
York Daily News, October 25,
2006)
- On a Coveted Green
Space, Tensions at Play (The New
York Times, October 22, 2006)
- Randall's Island water
park washed up? (Metro New
York, October 20, 2006)
- City has park plan for
private schools (Metro New York,
October 11, 2006)
- Stringer balks at
ballfields plan (New York
Daily News, October 11, 2006)
- Judge Rules Against
Bid to Dismiss Parks Dept. Suit (The New
York Sun, September 19, 2006)
- Council to hold
hearings on Parks Dept. oversight (Metro NY,
August 22, 2006)
- Group Wants Parks
Dept. Probe (Metro NY, August 9,
2006)
- Presentation on Water
Park (Friends of Brook Park, August
2006)
- Long time Armory
Mainstay Takes Position at Randall's
Island (Armory Foundation News,
July, 2006)
- Designing the Edge
(Harlem River Park Taskforce, May
2006)
- Legal snag possible
for new water park (Metro,
April 12, 2006)
- Testimony on the
Proposed Randall's Island Water Park
(Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance,
April 10, 2006)
- Statement on Randall's
Island Water Park (NYC Comptroller
William C. Thompson, Jr., April 11,
2006)
- Testimony
Presented to Franchise and Concession
Review Committee (Bubbins, April 10,
2006)
- Splash In
Harlem Over Water Park (NY 1 News,
April 11, 2006)
- Randall's
Island Water Park Set for Final
Approval Vote (The New
York Times, April 10, 2006)
- Beep's Hot For
Water Park Now (NY Daily
News, April 8, 2006)
- Apoyan parque
acuático de diversiones/Water
Park OK By Beep (El
Diario/La Prensa/NY Post, 8
de abril de 2006)
- Letter to the
Manhattan Borough President, Aquatic
Development Group, Inc., April 7,
2006)
- Governor Announces
$850,000 for Randall’s Island
Recreation (Press Release, April 7,
2006)
- Great
Adventure-Style Water Park May Be
Headed to City (The New
York Sun, March 29, 2006)
- Water Park to
Open on Randall's Island in 2008 (Columbia
Daily Spectator, March 28,
2006)
- Rough Rapids for
Randall's Island Water Park Proposal (Water
Wire, March 22, 2006)
- Water Park
Project Soaks Poor (NY Daily
News, March 14, 2006)
- Randall’s
Island Rip-Off (Indymedia,
March 6, 2006)
- Activists try to drum
up water park foes (Metro NY,
March 1, 2006)
- Randall's
Island Development Fueled by Giuliani
Donors (NYC Indy Media,
February 25, 2006)
- Kids Design New
Randall's Island Water Park (Epoch
Times, February 25, 2006)
- GAA Drops Plans to
Build Stadium in NY's Randall's Island
(Epoch
Times International, February
22, 2006)
- New NYC Water
Park to Include Indoor Beach (The
Associated Press, February
12, 2006)
- City Wants to
Part With Bridge That Links Bronx and
Manhattan (The New York Times,
January 14, 2006)
- Randall’s
Island Water Park Gets Nod (Metro New
York, January 12, 2006)
- Making Waves (NY Daily
News, January 11, 2006)
- City Hopes To Turn
Island Into Water Park (NY 1 News,
January 11, 2006)
- Wanna Buy a Bridge? (The New
Yorker, January 9, 2006)
- A Bridge Too
Far? Increasing Pedestrian Access to
Randall’s Island (Tiempo NY,
December 23, 2005)
- When a Bridge
Divides (The New York Times,
November 6, 2005)
- Homeless On Wards
Island Say They’re Trapped Because
They Can’t Afford Bus Fare (NY 1 News,
July 26, 2005)
- NY On Track to
Prominence (Boston Globe, June
11, 2005)
- New Track Shines on
Randall's Island (The New
York Sun, April 20, 2005)
- Stadium of Dreams (New York
Daily News, April 17, 2005)
- Icahn Stadium at
Randall's Island (New York
Construction, December 2004)
- City Planning
Commission Report on Randall's Island
Aquatic Center (C 040459 MCM,
9/8/2004)
- $3.2 Million Pledged
to Restore New York Islands (ENS,
February 19, 2003)
- Governor: $3.2 Million
for Randall's and Wards Island Park
(Press Release, February 15, 2003)
- Big Plans for Island
Wind Up in Court - SCROLL DOWN (New
York Times, June 30, 2002)
- The Hell Gate: Chapter
7 from "At Sea in the City: New York
from the Water's Edge" (Algonquin
Books, 2002)
- Mayor Giuliani
Announces Major Public/Private
Development Projects for Randall's
Island (Press Release, May 21, 2001)
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