About 596 Acres 596 Acres champions resident stewardship of land to build more just and equitable cities. We believe that neighbors should have a say in how land is used in their communities. By helping regular New Yorkers secure [...]
We connect New Yorkers with information needed to make our city shine. A ticket to this golden experience will support our work and lead to more space for community. Get yours! THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY PROPERTIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS Last Friday, May [...]
596 Acres was one of the founding members of the Legacy Lead Consortium for NYC! Lead is concentrated in urban environments, a legacy of human practices that traditionally used this element in paint, gasoline, insulation, and numerous other [...]
Just this morning, sixteen New York City Council Members sent NYC’s Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha a letter calling for recently tax-exempt charity properties and vacant lots to be excluded from its 2017 tax lien sale. Today is [...]
Deadline is next Thursday, May 11: WE COULD LOSE 349 OF OUR PLACES! Active community centers, gardens, churches, cultural hubs, veteran’s resource centers and other nonprofit-owned properties that New Yorkers rely on are entitled to tax exemptions by NYS law. Their [...]
ACT NOW TO CHANGE POLICY – Help Pass the Housing Not Warehousing Act! More than half of our elected advocates in city council support the Housing Not Warehousing Act, a set of bills that will add transparency and accountability to vacant public and [...]
The Housing Not Warehousing Act will add transparency and accountability to vacant public and private property in our neighborhoods. This package of three bills will create a registry that all individuals and corporations holding their property vacant have to enter or pay [...]
596 Acres is part of the Legacy Lead Consortium for NYC! This spring, we launched a pilot set of signs to remind New Yorkers that we are all remediators of a legacy of lead in the built environment, and [...]
The Department of Parks and Recreation announced on April 4 that it has begun the official process of buying Maple Street Community Garden, 237 Maple Street between Rogers and Nostrand Avenues in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn! Parks’ press release below and here. The April 4 [...]
SAVE THE DATE FOR 596 ACRES’ GALA: A GOLDEN GARDEN GLOVE AFFAIR! You might recall that your favorite community land access advocacy organization throws fantastic parties. On Thursday, June 1 from 7pm to 10pm, join 596 Acres along with Council Members [...]
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