Wednesday, September 27, 2017
City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million
Eleven more parks will be fixed up under a city program — and the initiative's cost has jumped by $33 million.
It will now cost $318 million to rehab 67 neighborhood parks under the Community Parks Initiative, up from $285 million originally projected.
The last 11 sites in the push targeting neglected parks were named Monday — Bill Bojangles Playground, Harlem Lane Playground, Joseph C. Sauer Park and Playground One in Manhattan; Prospect Playground and Mapes Ballfield in the Bronx; Bartlett Playground, Lewis Playground, and Penn Triangle in Brooklyn; Chappetto Square in Queens; and Mariners Harbor Playground on Staten Island. . .