The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Walkway Over the Hudson this week announced construction has begun on a new 21-story steel elevator tower that will connect the elevated Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park to the Poughkeepsie waterfront, further establishing the park as the centerpiece of a […]
Rockland Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski told constituents this week at Nyack Beach State Park will be “repaired and up and running by Memorial Day.” At the Environmental Conservation Joint Legislative Budget Hearing earlier this week, Commissioner Rose Harvey of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation assured Zebrowski the park would be opened by the holiday which marks […]
NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (C.L.A.S.H.) has filed a lawsuit against the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and its commissioner, Rose Harvey, seeking to have misleading “Smoking Prohibited” signs removed from state parks, pools, beaches and historic sites. The suit comes after C.L.A.S.H. objected in May to the […]