NYC Mayoral Forum on Community Gardens & Environmental Policy

📅 Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: St. Mark’s Church-on-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th St, New York, NY 10003

As New York City prepares for its next mayoral election, the New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) and Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS) invite you to join us for a critical conversation on the future of community gardens and green space in our city.

This Community Gardens’ Mayoral Forum, moderated by Karen Washington, internationally acclaimed food justice advocate, will:

• Highlight the vital role of community gardens in NYC’s sustainability, food security, and climate resilience.

• Feature a Q&A with mayoral candidates about their environmental and land-use policies.

• Address and challenge the harmful narrative that community gardens obstruct affordable housing.

• Explore real solutions for balancing urban growth and green space preservation.

Community gardens are not obstacles—they are opportunities. This is our chance to hear directly from those who seek to lead our city and to ensure they understand the value of protecting and expanding our urban green spaces.

🎟 Register now to attend:  t.ly/RXxFQ
🌐 Learn more here: t.ly/vyHVc

For more information, please contact:
Raymond Figueroa | rfiguero@pratt.edu | (646) 337-1087
Charles Krezell | ck@wingflix.com | (917) 514-2917