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Tami Lin-Moges, Interim Director of the Nature Conservancy's New York City Program, on Increasing Funding for NYC Parks and the Urban Forest Plan

7:54:56

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Lin-Moges calls for increasing the NYC Parks budget to 1% of the total city budget and fully funding the urban forest plan.

  • She represents the Nature Conservancy, the world's largest conservation organization with over 35,000 members in NYC.
  • The Nature Conservancy convenes the Forest for All NYC coalition of nearly 140 organizations.
  • She commends past commitments to parks and urban forests but says the latest budget cuts parks funding by $55 million despite growing the overall city budget.
  • Lin-Moges urges restoring parks staffing to pre-COVID levels and funding the mayor's office to develop the legally mandated NYC urban forest plan by 2025.