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New York Restoration Project @NYRP

New York Restoration Project (NYRP) restores parks, community gardens, and open spaces throughout NYC 🌱

Joined March 2009
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New York Restoration Project @NYRP
3 Mar 2025
New York Restoration Project is now on Bluesky! Follow us there for updates on tree giveaways, garden events, and more 🦋bsky.app/profile/nyrp.bsky.s…
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Council Member Lincoln Restler @CMRestler
8 Apr 2025
Over the weekend, we teamed up with @NYRP to give away 175 trees to community members — and partnered with Big Reuse to hand out countertop composting bins!
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Adriano Espaillat
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21 Apr 2025
I was proud to join New York Restoration Project in planting a tree as we gear up for Earth Day tomorrow. Every tree is a commitment—to cleaner air, cooler streets, and a greener future for our communities. Let’s keep planting, protecting, and preserving.
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New Yorkers’ quality of life depends on meaningful investment in our parks. Thank you to the mayoral candidates who joined @NY4P and Play Fair at @NYLawSchool to share their visions for NYC’s park system and discuss the urgent need for @NYCParks funding. #ParksPower #NYC
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#GreenJobAlert! We're hiring a full-time Community Garden Engagement Manager to join our team and work with our #NYC community gardens 🌱 Apply today: nyrp.org/en/about/careers/co…
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Council Member Lincoln Restler @CMRestler
20 Mar 2025
🌳Join us at McCarren Park on April 5th! Help clean up trash, clear catch basins to prevent flooding, and reserve a tree to plant in your yard this Spring!  RSVP: bit.ly/mccarrenapril5
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Thank you @rossilynne and @ShayeWeaver for featuring our Harlem River Greenway #CherryBlossom esplanade in Time Out Group plc's 2025 "Best Places to See Cherry Blossoms in NYC" round up! 🌸 Read the full article below: timeout.com/newyork/things-t…

15 perfect spots in NYC to spot cherry blossoms this spring

From parks to botanical gardens to hidden spots around town, treat your eyes to these pretty pink blooms.

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Erik Bottcher @ebottcher
8 Mar 2025
ATTENTION NEW YORKERS: #FREETREE GIVEAWAY SEASON IS HERE!🌳 @NYRP is giving away 3,500 free native tree saplings across NYC starting April 5! Find a giveaway near you at nyrp.org/freetree. This year’s species include Allegheny Serviceberry, Tulip Poplar, Pawpaw, and more!
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New Yorkers deserve clean, safe parks because #ParksPower #NYC! Rally/testify with Play Fair on 3/17 at City Hall to fight to restore @NYCParks funding. 📅Monday, 3/17 📍City Hall Steps 🕛Rally: 12pm-1pm 🕐Budget Hearing: 1pm #RestoreOurParks RSVP: bit.ly/ParksRally317
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Calling all artists! We are printing NEW stickers for our #UrbanAg program and we want YOUR artwork on them 🎨 Deadline for submission: Monday, 2/24 📥 Learn more and submit your artwork at form.jotform.com/25044477733… 💌
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Learn how to crop plan for your #NYC garden with NYRP's #UrbanAg team and @randallsisland Urban Farm🌷🗽 📍 Where: @RESCUEorg NYC Program Office 📆 When: Thursday, March 6 Go to bit.ly/40TQ7Zk to register ✍️
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New York launches ‘Tree Tracker’ as part of quest for 25 million trees statescoop.com/new-york-tree…

New York launches 'Tree Tracker' as part of quest for 25 million trees | StateScoop

New York State officials announced two new tools designed to help track the number of trees in the state as they strive to reach a 2033 goal.

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We’re so excited to hear our partner Bart Chezar speak about his efforts to help restore the #AmericanChestnut here in NYC! We are working Bart to help propagate, distribute and plant 1K American Chestnuts in the city. Listen to Bart’s full interview: wnyc.org/story/an-effort-to-…

An effort to restore a long lost tree to Brooklyn bears fruit | WNYC

Long before Brooklyn was pavement and buildings, the borough was covered with hardwood forest. And many of the trees in that forest were American chestnuts.  The tree was a vital part...

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City Council Members, Park Conservancies and Advocates Demand More Funds for NYC Parks insideclimatenews.org/news/3…

City Council Members, Park Conservancies and Advocates Demand More Funds for NYC Parks - Inside...

Mayor Adams’ preliminary budget increases investments in programs for children, but historic disinvestment and inadequate staffing levels still loom large in the Parks Department.

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Is Your City Councilmember Passing Green Legislation? Look Them Up Here: citylimits.org/2025/01/29/is…

Is Your City Councilmember Passing Green Legislation? Look Them Up Here - City Limits

The New York League of Conservation Voters ranks city councilmembers, whose seats are up for grabs in their year’s elections, based on how they voted on key environmental bills. You can look up their...

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‘Art in the Parks’ brings free exhibitions to Brooklyn: brooklyneagle.com/articles/2…
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We're hiring an Individual Giving Officer! Join our incredible team and help fundraise for parks, gardens, and green space in hashtag #NYC 🍎 Apply today: nyrp.org/careers
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The Fight to Keep Community Composting Alive & Thriving in NYC citylimits.org/2025/01/23/th…
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Our Executive Director Lynn Bodnar Kelly is a panelist at the Center for an Urban Future's Enacting a Ticket Surcharge to Help Fund NYC Parks discussion. Parks have been disinvested in for too long. All New Yorkers deserve well-funded open green space!
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Check out the full CUF report! nycfuture.org/research/enact…

Enacting a Ticket Surcharge to Strengthen New York City’s Parks | Center for an Urban Future (CUF)

New York City’s parks badly need an infusion of funds—and a more reliable mechanism for paying for their growing maintenance needs. One option worth considering

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