New Safety Measures For Electric Zoo Festival At Randall’s Island - CBS, August 29, 2014 FDNY Commish Orders Massive Cleanup, Training Changes as MRSA Cases Rise - DNAinfo, August 29, 2014 A Year After Drug Deaths, the Electric Zoo Music Festival Tries Again - New York Times, August 15, 2014 Trainee firefighters infected with MRSA…
Tag Archive for Randalls Island
Randalls Island Bulletin (2013)
City project aims to make Randalls Island pedestrian friendly with new pathway - New York Daily News, December 19, 2013 Randall’s Island Tennis Center Offers Concessions in Exchange for Expansion - DNAinfo, November 15, 2013 Parks Dept. boss at center of pole-dancing holiday parties sues for back pay while he was suspended - New York…
Randalls Island Bulletin (2012)
From Crown Heights brutality to $500M CityTime fraud, Juan Gonzalez recalls 25 years of his greatest scandalous scoops - New York Daily News, December 23, 2012 Allegations emerge of Randall’s Island redistricting deal - Crain’s New York Business, November 27, 2012 Randall’s Island Redistricting Deal Alleged - A Walk in the Park, November 27, 2012…
Randalls Island Bulletin (2011)
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…
Randalls Island Bulletin (2010)
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…
Randalls Island Bulletin (2008-2009)
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…
What would a free and open Randalls Island mean for me?
It would mean that I could run and bike and walk and play as fast and as forcefully as my spirit can go. It would mean that I could travel quickly from home and school and work to a more natural and holistic environment without having to pay dues and tolls and political favors. It…
Free Grass for the Working Class!
I grew up at 2030 Lexington Avenue, in a narrow, walk-up tenement owned by my grandfather. Today, when I stop by the community garden where our building once stood, I am filled with both hope and despair. I am saddened because even though the lot has been classified as a permanent “green” space, it remains…
Randalls Island decision; public school children win!
Courtesy of Leonie Haimson In an important victory for public school children, parents and community members have won their lawsuit to stop the city from leasing the sports fields on Randall’s Island during after school hours to a consortium of 20 private schools for the next 20 years. As Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich concluded,…
Randalls Island Bulletin (2003-2007)
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…
