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This summer, elected advocates introduced a potential law (view it here in the “attachments”!) that would require NYC’s Department of City Planning to develop a comprehensive urban agriculture plan by July 2018 to promote its expansion in our city. City Council’s Land Use Committee is having a hearing on the bill. Come share what should go in […]
NEXT THURSDAY, February 2 from 6pm to 8:30pm, join together to build on organizing that led the City to request responses from community land trusts (CLTs) focused on housing at the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, 123 William St, Manhattan, 16th floor. By putting land into community ownership, a CLT can ensure community […]
As more and more communities of color are returning to their agricultural roots, urban farming is becoming an increasingly popular and viable low cost alternative for residents to feed themselves and their families with healthy locally grown produce. Once forgotten by city government, these decades long vacant lots have now become green oases improving the […]
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