What Our New Mayor Should Do, Part Two: Support Equitable Redevelopment in Sandy-Affected Communities
Land that will be acquired by the City of New York will become public land and present opportunities for neighbors to control development in their communities. We believe the new administration has the power to create the conditions for [...]
What Our New Mayor Should Do, Part One: Label public land, fund GreenThumb, reward private owners who let neighbors use their land & require developers to explain development proposals at the sites where they are proposed
596 Acres is New York City’s community land access advocacy organization. We help residents all over the city see possibilities behind the fences on their blocks and get permission to access new spaces in their neighborhoods. These become gardens, [...]
Building An International Urban Community Land Access Network
In the “quiet” of the NYC mayoral transition, we are taking some time to get organized with our friends from around the country and around the world, building a network of community land access facilitators and planning for bringing [...]
Want land for your cultural institution? It’s available.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) gained access to the city-owned vacant lot at 31 Lafayette Avenue for use as a bike park and art installation in 2013. 596 Acres NYC Team had a great meeting with BAM’s Chief Financial Officer Keith Stubblefield this week and learned about the [...]
NY State Community Land Access Advocates Urge Cuomo To Sign Bill Requiring Cities to Respond to Requests for Access to Public Land Within 180 Days – You Can Help!
A statewide coalition of community land access advocates has signed and sent the letter below to Governor Cuomo, encouraging him to sign a bill that would expand the authority of the State office of Community Gardens and create timelines [...]
Press Release: LIVING LOTS NOLA TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO LAND — COMMUNITY INPUT INVITED AS TOOL IS DEVELOPED
MEDIA CONTACTS: Paula Z. Segal, Executive Director & Legal Director of NYC Community Land Access Program, 596 Acres, 646.276.3865, paula@596acres.org Sanjay Kharod, Executive Director, New Orleans Food & Farm Network, 504.483.6967, sanjay@noffn.org http://livinglotsnola.org/ NEW ORLEANS, La. – 596 Acres, [...]
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