Remember back in 2002 when then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued the city and won a reprieve for hundreds of community gardens threatened with extinction? Well, that agreement expires next year and City Limits is reporting that a bunch of the gardens—including 23 on HPD-controlled land and another 11 under DOT jurisdiction—are potentially vulnerable. But maybe it’s crazy to worry: The city is as committed now as it was in 2002 to preserving the gardens, said Parks Department Assistant Commissioner Jack Linn. Only a wacko would suggest getting rid of them.
No Winter Hibernation for Garden Activists [City Limits]
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