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New city parks commissioner Susan Donoghue, left, and deputy Iris Rodriguez-Rosa give their thanks to Mayor Eric Adams, who announced their new roles during a news conference last February. Donoghue is a longtime community parks leader in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, while Rodriguez-Rosa was most recently the Bronx parks commissioner.

The dynamic duo tasked with saving Bronx parks

Eric Adams wants to spend so much time focused on parks, some might mistake him for Robert Moses — at least the good qualities of that New York City icon. And the mayor will do that through a new leadership team pulled from the outer boroughs. more

By STACY DRIKS | 3/13/22

Looking for a hobby during the coronavirus pandemic, Victor San Andrés started landscaping a part of the Half-Moon Overlook park near his Spuyten Duyvil home. Four months later, San Andrés says he cleared and cleaned the space — transforming it into what he calls the ‘Halve Maan Garden.’

No more waiting: Overlook gets a Dutch makeover

Most anyone who has tried to get as much as a pothole filled on their street knows city agencies aren’t necessarily the fastest when it comes to fixing problems. The wheels of government can be slow-moving, restricted even more by mountains of red tape. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 5/9/21

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