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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

December 19, 2013 / Comments Off on 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

December 13, 2013 / Comments Off on 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 [...]

mural at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Want land for your cultural institution? It’s available.

September 26, 2013 / Comments Off on 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!

September 10, 2013 / Comments Off on 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 [...]

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Press Release: LIVING LOTS NOLA TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO LAND — COMMUNITY INPUT INVITED AS TOOL IS DEVELOPED

September 9, 2013 / Comments Off on 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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