http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/03/who-takes-care-of-new-york/ Exploring the culture of citymaking Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:28:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/03/who-takes-care-of-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-187315 Mike Halliday Sun, 08 May 2011 02:31:08 +0000 http://urbanomnibus.net/?p=2502#comment-187315 I live in New York City Housing Authority and have contacted my State Senator in the past about landscaping at City Housing property. Particularly, I live in the Lower East Side and NYCHA is often an eyesore and the psychology of our housing developments is that maintenance falls behind the commercial development in our neighboring developments. While some investment in infrastructure is promised by the Clinton Initiative, namely retrofitting NYCHA to be Green-friendly by switching from an old method od home heating, this is not the area of neglect that I would like to see addressed. Landscaping is piece-meal and some gardens are developed individually by residents as part of a Community Gardens program but it is not widely adopted. Instead, there is a distinct presence of parcels of land which have little foiliage in which dogs feces are atomized into the air with dust clouds created by weed-whackers operated by NYCHA grounds crew. With many seniors, families and people with disabilities, I believe that poor people have the right to community gardens. With financial cutbacks, I suggest a flower bulb project and new tree plantings follow-up due to the high incidence of tree sapling mortality from vandalism or neglect. Perhaps, our valued Seniors and other residents can feel the renewal of Spring like that of the Daffodil Project for 9/11 victims. The poor deserve to live in a psychologically beautiful environment, too even when Safety remains an ongoing issue and a corporate sponsor could underwrite the whole project if someone with the understanding of the machination of the Parks Department can liaise with the New York City Housing Authority and duplicate low-maintenance Bulb projects across the Boroughs. I live in New York City Housing Authority and have contacted my State Senator in the past about landscaping at City Housing property. Particularly, I live in the Lower East Side and NYCHA is often an eyesore and the psychology of our housing developments is that maintenance falls behind the commercial development in our neighboring developments. While some investment in infrastructure is promised by the Clinton Initiative, namely retrofitting NYCHA to be Green-friendly by switching from an old method od home heating, this is not the area of neglect that I would like to see addressed. Landscaping is piece-meal and some gardens are developed individually by residents as part of a Community Gardens program but it is not widely adopted. Instead, there is a distinct presence of parcels of land which have little foiliage in which dogs feces are atomized into the air with dust clouds created by weed-whackers operated by NYCHA grounds crew. With many seniors, families and people with disabilities, I believe that poor people have the right to community gardens. With financial cutbacks, I suggest a flower bulb project and new tree plantings follow-up due to the high incidence of tree sapling mortality from vandalism or neglect. Perhaps, our valued Seniors and other residents can feel the renewal of Spring like that of the Daffodil Project for 9/11 victims. The poor deserve to live in a psychologically beautiful environment, too even when Safety remains an ongoing issue and a corporate sponsor could underwrite the whole project if someone with the understanding of the machination of the Parks Department can liaise with the New York City Housing Authority and duplicate low-maintenance Bulb projects across the Boroughs.

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