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Merritt Birnbaum, President and CEO of Riverside Park Conservancy, on Underfunding of Parks and Its Impact on Park Maintenance

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    Birnbaum highlights the operational struggles faced by Riverside Park Conservancy due to inadequate funding for parks maintenance.

    • She describes visible impacts like closed bathrooms, overflowing trash, graffiti, and vandalism resulting from staffing shortages.
    • The Conservancy had 79 Conservancy Program Workers 15 years ago but only has around 20 currently.
    • She calls on the Mayor to fulfill his promise of allocating 1% of the city budget to parks to ensure proper sanitation, safety, and staffing.