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City Parks or Seedy Backwaters and Dumps?

Unmaintained green spaces that are overrun by weeds and become dumping grounds for bulk trash.City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, who supported the Bloomberg administration's efforts in improving New York's parks, pointed out that previous neglect (from other administrations) could not be repaired in one fell swoop. Still, a breakdown of the City budget shows how different parks funding stacks up in the boroughs (about $10,000 is spent to care for one acre in Manhattan or Brooklyn parks, while it's as low as $2,000/acre in Staten Island). Also, only 0.5% of the current city budget is dedicated to park maintenance, versus 1.4% in 1960 (a relative 67% reduction).

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