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  • People Power and New York City Parks

    People Power and New York City Parks

    The parks may not get 1% of NYC’s $100 billion budget, but if 1% of the city’s 8.4 million people volunteered to work in their local park, those 84,000 people could clean up a lot of trash and weeds.

  • The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    A functioning park system helps address a wide variety of sustainability and social problems.

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You Asked invites you to share your most pressing questions about climate, science, and sustainability. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School experts will respond with clear, evidence-based answers. Pose your questions and story ideas!

  • People Power and New York City Parks

    People Power and New York City Parks

    The parks may not get 1% of NYC’s $100 billion budget, but if 1% of the city’s 8.4 million people volunteered to work in their local park, those 84,000 people could clean up a lot of trash and weeds.

  • The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    The Necessity of New York City’s Parks

    A functioning park system helps address a wide variety of sustainability and social problems.