Comments on: Turf War

By: laurasun

laurasun — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:59:17 +0000

The fields I played on were grass, now they are artificial turf. Mothers in Connecticut and Westchester and elsewhere are organizing against the health implications of the chemicals used in it. I hope the same issues are raised here.

By: laurasun

laurasun — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:57:58 +0000

Funny that the fields were to be reserved mostly for a select few private schools, while now being made of artificial turf. When we played soccer there it was real grass. When the parents learn more about how this substance is being banned in other areas, they are likely to be very upset with the Parks Dept, elected officials and Randalls Island Sports Federation staff…I smell more lawsuits on the way…

By: harlemanon

harlemanon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:12:11 +0000

true.

By: harlemanon

harlemanon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:11:08 +0000

Stringer voted for this, and Viverito votes to send money to them, this is an absurd joke and our communities deserve better… I will bring this up with the Three Parks group…. maybe make it four parks…

By: harlemanon

harlemanon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:08:39 +0000

Great article. One thing, if the Council Members wanted to stop this, they would stop allocating tens of millions of dollars to a pseudo-public agency, the RISF, the Director gets two salaries and is engineering all of the discriminatory policies. Easy to speak to the media and say she doesn't like this, but then she could stop the money from flowing to them. Ask her about that. She hasn't. In addition, our youth group in Harlem can't even go there, because the Bridge is closed. The most Jim Crow situation ever, very distressing.

By: Sarah_Gill

Sarah_Gill — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:11:38 +0000

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's comments are laughable. He
supported making the deal that gave exclusive field access to 20 of
Manhattan's wealthiest private schools who could afford paying for this
privilege. He refused to protect the "rare, precious resource for the
public." He was and continues to be an obstacle in making sure "that the
fields on Randall’s Island are able to be enjoyed by all students,
regardless of what school they attend.”

He did not to support community input. He voted yes on this project. He
is not fooling anyone. His statements to your paper are nothing short of
a lie. We don't need his "compromises."

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:11:00 +0000

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s comments are laughable. He
supported making the deal that gave exclusive field access to 20 of
Manhattan’s wealthiest private schools who could afford paying for this
privilege. He refused to protect the “rare, precious resource for the
public.” He was and continues to be an obstacle in making sure “that the
fields on Randall’s Island are able to be enjoyed by all students,
regardless of what school they attend.”

He did not to support community input. He voted yes on this project. He
is not fooling anyone. His statements to your paper are nothing short of
a lie. We don’t need his “compromises.”