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One in Six NYCHA Playgrounds Is Closed Despite Mayor Adams’ Repair Vow

A playground at the NYCHA’s Seward Park Extension in the Lower East Side was closed while construction work was being done.

When Eric Adams ran for mayor, he pledged to prioritize the repairs of what were then 89 broken-down public housing playgrounds.  Yet the number of New York City Housing Authority playgrounds closed this summer has spiked to 117 out of a total of 695 playgrounds. That’s up from 71 closed last year, records obtained by […]

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