In early 2019, police ordered the closure of a playground inside a Bronx public housing complex citing drug dealing in the area. The playground at the Morrisania Air Rights towers has been padlocked ever since — and there’s no scheduled reopening [...]
“But in NYCHA complexes, delayed repairs & dilapidated playground equipment have made that all but impossible,” the tweet continued. “Our city must prioritize these repairs.”
The Housing Authority also removed playground equipment at another spot in the complex near 158th St. years ago after a damaged slide was “cutting kids,” he added.At the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side, two playgrounds remain closed as fixes from Superstorm Sandy are still underway a decade later.
“No meetings, nothing,” said Beverly, who declined to give her last name, as she walked past one of the closed playgrounds. “Who was the idiot who decided this?” Five years ago, NYCHA released a 20-year “Physical Needs Assessment” for all of its playgrounds, which estimated it would cost $63 million to tackle the needed fixes throughout the system.
“You could go to damn-near any park and camp [and] play,” he lamented as he used the running track. “They’re taking everything away from us.” State Sen. Louis Sepulveda said he has been in touch with NYCHA officials about the closed playgrounds.
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