• Home
  • Voter Language Access
Skip button
Logo
Home
Voter Language Access
Sign in
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Twitter Twitter
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Facebook Facebook
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Instagram Instagram
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at YouTube YouTube

The People's Money (2024-2025)

Play your part: Your Money, Your Community, Your Vote!

Phase 3 of 4
Citywide Voting 05/14/2025 - 06/25/2025
Process phases
  • The process
  • Idea Generation
  • Borough Assemblies
  • Citywide Voting
  • What's on your ballot?
chevron-left Back to all ideas

Lend a Hand, Beautify the Land: A Volunteer Program for NYC Parks

Avatar: In-person Workshop Idea In-person Workshop Idea
19/11/2024 04:54  
Do you have specific Neighborhood(s) in mind?
One or more of the following
Which group(s) does your idea focus on? Select as many as apply.
Someone Else
Describe the challenge you want to address:
Upper East Side Harlem Washington Heights New York has a reputation of being a dirty city and it’s not a surprise. New Yorkers have to endure filthy sidewalks and parks every single day and recently, the problem appears to be getting worse. My neighborhood of East Harlem has seen a dramatic rise in trash on sidewalks and the nearby parks. While us New Yorkers are fortunate to have access to public parks, it is in the best interest of us to keep them clean.
What is the solution to the challenge?
Given that the Sanitation Department already has immense responsibilities, some burden can be taken off of them by having a program which allows volunteers to spend their free time cleaning public parks. Anyone over the age of 14 would be allowed to volunteer (although people under 18 would likely require parental consent) and there would be opportunities every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This can happen in Central Park as it’s in the center of Manhattan and is visited by many people. Other parks can include the Carl Schurz Park. Volunteers would be given gloves, masks, and other materials. This would allow people struggling to find a sense of achievement or people struggling to make connections an opportunity to make an impact by cleaning up their community and make new friends along the way.
Please provide your Zip Code
0
  • Filter results for category: Environment & Public Space Environment & Public Space
  • Filter results for scope: Manhattan Manhattan
Endorsements count0
Lend a Hand, Beautify the Land: A Volunteer Program for NYC Parks Comments 0

Reference: CEC-PROP-2024-11-11813
Version number 1 (of 1) see other versions
Check fingerprint
NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC)
  • The People's Money FAQs
  • General Terms and Conditions of Use
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Contact us
  • participate.nyc.org replatform faq
  • Participate Upgrade FAQs
  • Open data
  • Cookies settings

Follow us

  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Twitter Twitter
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Facebook Facebook
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at Instagram Instagram
  • NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) at YouTube YouTube
Decidim Logo
Creative Commons License
Website made with free software external-link(External link) deployed by Open Source Politics external-link(External link).

Fingerprint

The piece of text below is a shortened, hashed representation of this content. It's useful to ensure the content hasn't been tampered with, as a single modification would result in a totally different value.

Value: e8439f18f9eec1501484df74a225f5f5199e2d4fc5f7a5ff023797c2d6d952e4

Source: {"body":{"en":"<xml><dl class=\"decidim_awesome-custom_fields\" data-generator=\"decidim_awesome\" data-version=\"0.10.2\"><dt name=\"text-1727190723263-0\">Do you have specific Neighborhood(s) in mind?</dt><dd id=\"text-1727190723263-0\" name=\"text\"><div>One or more of the following</div></dd><dt name=\"checkbox-group-1727190854919-0\">Which group(s) does your idea focus on? Select as many as apply.</dt><dd id=\"checkbox-group-1727190854919-0\" name=\"checkbox-group\"><div>Someone Else</div></dd><dt name=\"textarea-1727191113616-0\">Describe the challenge you want to address:</dt><dd id=\"textarea-1727191113616-0\" name=\"textarea\"><div>Upper East Side \r\nHarlem\r\nWashington Heights\r\nNew York has a reputation of being a dirty city and it’s not a surprise. New Yorkers have to endure filthy sidewalks and parks every single day and recently, the problem appears to be getting worse. My neighborhood of East Harlem has seen a dramatic rise in trash on sidewalks and the nearby parks. While us New Yorkers are fortunate to have access to public parks, it is in the best interest of us to keep them clean.</div></dd><dt name=\"textarea-1727191235485-0\">What is the solution to the challenge?</dt><dd id=\"textarea-1727191235485-0\" name=\"textarea\"><div>Given that the Sanitation Department already has immense responsibilities, some burden can be taken off of them by having a program which allows volunteers to spend their free time cleaning public parks. Anyone over the age of 14 would be allowed to volunteer (although people under 18 would likely require parental consent) and there would be opportunities every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This can happen in Central Park as it’s in the center of Manhattan and is visited by many people. Other parks can include the Carl Schurz Park. Volunteers would be given gloves, masks, and other materials. This would allow people struggling to find a sense of achievement or people struggling to make connections an opportunity to make an impact by cleaning up their community and make new friends along the way. </div></dd><dt name=\"number-1727191411855-0\">Please provide your Zip Code</dt><dd id=\"number-1727191411855-0\" name=\"number\"><div>0</div></dd></dl></xml>"},"title":{"en":"Lend a Hand, Beautify the Land: A Volunteer Program for NYC Parks"}}

This fingerprint is calculated using a SHA256 hashing algorithm. In order to replicate it yourself, you can use an MD5 calculator online external-link(External link) and copy-paste the source data.

Share:

link-intact Share link

Share link:

Please paste this code in your page:

<script src="https://www.participate.nyc.gov/processes/Citywidepb2024/f/343/proposals/11813/embed.js"></script>
<noscript><iframe src="https://www.participate.nyc.gov/processes/Citywidepb2024/f/343/proposals/11813/embed.html" frameborder="0" scrolling="vertical"></iframe></noscript>

Report inappropriate content

Is this content inappropriate?

Reason

Confirm

OK Cancel

Please sign in

Create your account or login to influence how the city makes decisions.

nyc-logo Log in

NYC ID explanation

nyc-logo Create account
Please sign in before performing this action