District Council 37 and the City Council are pushing the de Blasio administration to boost funding for city parks by $100 million, which would allow the city to hire 206 more Parks Department employees.
The Council’s Play Fair initiative, adopted from a campaign to maintain and improve city parks and forests supported by 120 organizations, including DC 37, called for the de Blasio administration to budget $4 million to hire 76 Playground Associates, who work in sports and after-school programs. It also suggested adding 50 new Urban Park Rangers, at a cost of $9 million, and spending $6 million to hire 80 Parks Enforcement Patrol Officers.
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