IN FY2024, WE CONTINUED OUR WORK STEWARDING COMMUNITY PARKS AND GARDENS AND BUILDING NEW GREEN SPACES THROUGHOUT ALL FIVE BOROUGHS. WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, HEALTH CLINICS, AND FOOD BANKS, NYRP TURNED UNDERUTILIZED OUTDOOR SPACES INTO PRODUCTIVE NEW GARDENS PROVIDING FRESH PRODUCE AND URBAN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN THE CITY'S LEAST GREEN AND UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS. IN FY2024, WE REMOVED 116,000 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM PARKS, PLANTED AND DISTRIBUTED 4500 TREES, BUILT 15 NEW GREEN SPACES AND HELD OVER 340 PUBLIC PROGRAMS.
