In The News
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June, 2017
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An Actual Pathway to Better Health in Albany
Huffington Post
A reporter who frequently visits Albany, NY speaks with a staff member from Parks & Trails NY about the Corning Preserve (the location of one of the end points of the Erie Canal Trail) and its accessibility to the rest of the city.
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May, 2017
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'Bike Friendly' Program Launched for Erie Canalway Trail
U.S. News and World Report
Parks and Trails New York and officials from the state Canal Corp. introduced the Bike Friendly New York program during an event Tuesday in Schenectady's historic Stockade District along the Mohawk River.
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Schenectady hotel first to gain bike-friendly designation
Daily Gazette
A Schenectady hotel will receive the first bicycle-friendly business designation in the city Tuesday as state officials and trail advocates kick off their effort to boost tourism on the trail network being expanded across the state.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Thousands Of New Yorkers Participate In Sixth Annual "I Love My Park Day"
LongIsland.com
Albany, NY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that thousands of volunteers will participate today in the sixth annual “I Love My Park Day,” helping with community clean-up, beautification and stewardship events at more than 125 state parks, historic sites and public lands across New York.
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Friends of Letchworth clean up the park on Saturday
Batavia Daily News
LETCHWORTH — Armed with gloves, garden equipment, buckets and warm clothes, volunteers marched through Letchworth State Park, pulling out weeds and raking up leaves and debris. Saturday was the sixth annual “I Love My Park Day,” and about 100 people came to “celebrate” at Letchworth State Park, helping with landscaping and cleaning up the park.
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AT&T supports I Love My Park Day
The Harlem Valley News
Coverage of the 6th annual "I Love My Park Day" event at the Walkway Over the Hudson with quotes from the president of the non-profit Employee Resource Group, Women of AT&T Hudson Valley. AT&T is the premier sponsor of I Love My Park Day.
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PARK DAY: Volunteer to clean, enhance local parks
PressConnects, Press & Sun-Bulletin
On Saturday, parks across New York where many often gather to relax will be filled with people hard at work. Volunteers will be clearing brush, picking up litter and spreading gravel at area parks as part of I Love My Park Day.
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I Love My Park Day events being held across NY
News10.com
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The state is kicking off the annual I Love My Park Day. More than 8,000 volunteers of all ages will help improve more than 125 parks, historic sites, and public lands. The projects include general park clean-up, invasive species removal, planting and installing benches and picnic tables. The state has set up a map where you can find all kinds of information on where events are taking place and at what time.
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Spring cleaning and showing some love for parks
Poughkeepsie Journal
With a shovel, wheelbarrow, gloves and various gardening tools, volunteers on Saturday pitched in on "I Love My Park Day" to serve up a spring cleaning at Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park. Access Walkway Over the Hudson from Washington Street in Poughkeepsie, and you will see how the hard work of volunteers has helped spruce up a destination that welcomed more than a half million people in 2016.
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OUR VIEW: Weekly to-do list
Utica Observer Dispatch
Article featuring the success of parks throughout the City of Utica due to the pride the community has taken in them, particularly with volunteer opportunities such as the upcoming I Love My Park Day event.
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April, 2017
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Valley notables share their favorite parks
Our I Love My Park Day event is mentioned in this interesting piece featuring various individuals from the region talking about their favorite parks.
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Cheers for Canal Clean Sweep
Lockport Journal
Six “Canal Clean Sweep” events are planned in Lockport and Middleport. The Clean Sweep initiative, launched by the state Canal Corp. and Parks and Trails New York, encourages volunteers to assist in the tidying of the Canalway Trail and canalside greenspaces ahead of the canal navigating season.
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Volunteers to clean up New York canal system and trails
New York Daily News
The New York State Canal System is getting a spring cleanup. More than 100 volunteer cleanup events have been scheduled Friday through Sunday along the 524-mile (843-kilometer) canal system and its trails.
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Empire State Trail: Where will New York's 750-mile hiking, biking trail go?
NewYorkUpstate.com
Article containing several maps about the proposed trail including a mention and link to our interactive map of the Erie Canalway Trail.
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Court to Take Up Case Over Redevelopment of Former Shea Stadium Land
New York Law Journal
Article mentioning PTNY and our submission of an amicus curiae brief to the court regarding the redevelopment project and its deterrence from the public trust doctrine since the land is technically considered a public park.
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It’s Up to us to Keep our Environment Clean for Future Generations
Madison County Courier
An Earth Day message from Assemblymember Stirpe encouraging Central New Yorkers to get outside this weekend especially to lend a hand in their communities making mention of Canal Clean Sweep and PTNY.
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State Seeks Volunteers to Prep Trails, Campgrounds
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Small blurb in upstate publication promoting I Love My Park Day in the Adirondacks.
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Volunteers sought for Canal Clean Sweep
Lockport Journal
To celebrate Earth Day and the kick off of the canal navigation season, volunteer groups and individuals are invited to participate in the 12th annual Canal Clean Sweep, the spring cleaning of the New York Canal System and Canalway Trail, scheduled for the weekend of April 21 to 23.
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March, 2017
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Supporters: Empire State Trail would put New York on national bicycling map
Daily Gazette
The 750-mile Empire State Trail would have a major economic impact, putting New York on the national map of bicycling destinations, supporters said Monday as they pushed to include funding for it in the 2018 state budget. The plan's fate remains uncertain, though, despite it having been ballyhooed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January, with each of the three parties to final state budget negotiations having a different stance.
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NY trail may face dead end with Legislature
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Neither the Democratic-led Assembly nor the Republican-controlled Senate are showing much support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $200 million proposal to build a 750-mile trail across New York — which would be the largest state-owned trail in the nation. Advocates for the trail rallied Monday at the state Capitol in support of the proposal to try to sway lawmakers.
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