Morano asks how Parks measures displacement of regular users

But generally, if there's feedback about like, hey, this is a little bit too much.

It would be around some of the larger events.

I think it's particularly important in the outer boroughs and places like Staten Island.

If you lose access to a particular field or park space, there isn't necessarily another comparable facility three blocks away.

So does parks actually measure displacement beyond the anecdotal example that you cited?

Do you know how often permitted events cause regular park programming or ordinary recreational activity used to be moved or canceled?

So thank you for that question.

It's another, I think, really good question that is, you know, I can't tell you that I've, like, I've had that question posed to me before.

I think offhand it would be a hard thing to measure, but one thing we do before we permit is we look for conflicts, and that is something

that can add a little bit, Chair, to the process.

So we will look to see, is there other programming here?

Is there another permitted event here?

Is the agency doing something so that we're not inadvertently kind of making a mistake and, hey, we're going to program your event, but we're also, our colleagues in public programs, we're doing a shape-up program.

So we can avoid those things.

I think it's harder to look at displacement without knowing who the user was that had wanted to use that space.

But if there's a specific park, a specific field or other amenity that you're hearing about that maybe we haven't heard about, like we will work with your office, we will work with your team,

we will be in touch with that individual if you want to share their information to figure out what's happening and to try and find the right balance for that.