Won raises concerns about limited impact and Community Board 2 recommendations
Won states the initiative will have limited impact without targeting neighborhoods needing parks now, especially South Sunnyside and Woodside. She relays Community Board 2's recommendations including baseline capital funding, acknowledging underserved areas remain, integrating park planning with land use changes, and maintaining transparency with regular updates.
While I'm heartened to see New York City taking proactive steps to expedite the process of acquisition of private land for future new parks,
this initiative will have limited impact without the appropriate neighborhoods that need the new park now.
Especially in Sunnyside, in south of Sunnyside and Woodside.
And this is in need now, not in five to 10 years.
We can only expect these parks deficits to deepen as our community continues to grow.
And Community Board 2 shares these same exact concerns in their recommendations for this project.
The board recognizes the initiative's importance as a step towards improving equitable access to open space.
While noting that it does not on its own fully address the district's longstanding park shortages, the board recommends the city commit to baseline capital funding for park acquisition and development and acknowledge that significant understanding
underserved areas will remain and that additional actions will be required continue to expand and initiate
the initiative with the updated data and identification integrate park planning with broader land use changes such as rezonings housing growth infrastructure capacity
and maintain transparency and ongoing engagement with community boards through regular updates on progress funding and implementation i look forward to hearing from new york city parks today to understand the full scope of their approach.
To address the park inequities in community council too.