Paying for the Growing Needs of NYC™s Parks: 20 Fresh Ideas to Fund Parks and Open Spaces

Paying for the Growing Needs of NYC™s Parks: 20 Fresh Ideas to Fund Parks and Open Spaces Report - January 2024 Paying for the Growing Needs of NYC’s Parks: 20 Fresh Ideas to Fund Parks and Open Spaces The cities that will prosper in the years ahead are those that boast an exceptional quality of life, and great open spaces are essential to that goal. [...] by John Surico and Eli Dvorkin The following is the introduction to Paying for the Growing Needs of NYC's Parks: 20 Fresh Ideas to Fund Parks and Open Spaces. [...] The larger share (80 percent) would remain with the park hosting the new concession and the remainder (20 percent) allocated to a fund to support parks with the greatest needs, in particular those in less affluent communities that may not otherwise be able to support revenue-generating concessions. [...] Tap state funding for city parks to a greater extent than has been the case and take full advantage of the recently passed Environmental Bond Act.  It’s not the city’s responsibility alone to address the ever-increasing needs of its parks and playgrounds. [...] “Report on the Fiscal 2024 Preliminary Plan and the Fiscal 2023 Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report for the Department of Parks and Recreation,” New York City Council Finance Division, March 22, 2023, Paying for NYC’s Growing Parks Needs is a publication of the Center for an Urban Future.