Attention NYC Residents: The City of New York has scheduled three public hearings regarding 9 lots of land the City plans to give away to developers for $1 each. The map above and list below shows where. Do you [...]
With few opportunities for input from those most impacted, NYC has sold 202 city-owned lots to developers for $1 each since Mayor Bill deBlasio took office on January 1, 2014. There are 41 city-owned lots still pending final sale [...]
Meet Sam Raby, our Web Tools Developer intern! A recent graduate of Wesleyan University, Sam joined our team in October and has been working to build our new online map focusing on the city’s one dollar lot sales. With [...]
Announcing 596 Acres’ New Tripartite Directorship: Mara Dawn Kravitz, Stephanie Alvarado and Rachel Dobkin 596 Acres is excited to officially introduce its new leadership team: Mara Dawn Kravitz and Stephanie Alvarado, Directors of Advocacy and Partnerships, and Rachel Dobkin Director of Development. [...]
August 31, 2017 Colleen Alderson Chief of Parklands and Real Estate NYC Department of Parks and Recreation 830 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10065 RE: Request for transfer of vacant lots to NYC Parks so they can become GreenThumb [...]
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation’s acquisition of resident-made Maple Street Community Garden is unanimously approved Grassroots advocates, public, elected officials strongly support acquisition of open space for beloved community garden in Brooklyn Contact: Mara Kravitz (718-316-6092 X3 or [...]
Our Golden Garden Glove Affair was a smashing success! Thank you to our honorees, Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation, BK ROT, and The Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Service (above, all looking fantastic), for your important community land stewardship work. And [...]
New bill to exempt charities from tax lien sale Rally at City Hall following introduction of bill and announcing other developments Contact: Ben Roussel (212-255-2575 or ben@caminopr.com) NEW YORK — This week, 2017, a bill will be introduced to [...]
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 [...]
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