Presuming that the Proposed Rules, if implemented, will not prevent the NY Mets from hosting events on the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field pursuant to NYC Admin. (2) Major League Baseball events are not the only types of events that should result in denial of a permit for a proposed simultaneous Large FMCP Event. The Parkland Surrounding Citi Field must not be eliminated as a potential site for multi-day or large events, especially when many events are ideally suited to its paved asphalt surface, and when holding events there both prevents damage to green areas of FMCP that might otherwise host the same events, and does not restrict public access to green areas of FMCP during an event’s set-up, implementation, and tear-down. If that proposed new provision means that multi-day events may no longer be held on the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field, then I object to that proposed new provision and strongly recommend that it NOT be implemented. “A Multi-Day FMCP Event, subject to these provisions, may only be held in the Meadow Lake Area.” Code § 18-118 and/or the lease.įor example, the Proposed Rules include adding to § 2-08 a new § 2-08(w)(4)(A), which states: Although the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field is within FMCP, it is not possible for a layperson to discern whether the Proposed Rules, if implemented, will impact what can and cannot occur on the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field or whether the NY Mets will still be able to make available such parkland for large and multi-day events, pursuant to NYC Admin. However: I have read the Department’s “Statement of Basis and Purpose” for the Proposed Rules, and the Proposed Rules, and the full text of the existing § 2-08 of Chapter 2, Title 56 of the Rules of the City of New York which the Proposed Rules would amend. Moreover, by holding such events on the asphalt-paved Parkland Surrounding Citi Field, those events need not be held within the green areas of FMCP – thus preserving and not damaging the green areas, and not restricting public access to the green areas at any time during each event’s set-up, implementation, and tear-down.įor those reasons, it is very important that any new FMCP rules not prohibit the above-described types of uses of the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field. These events are very well-suited to being held on the asphalt surface of this particular area of FMCP, and/or benefit from it. To appreciate the scope of these events, please see Attachment A, a series of photographs depicting such events, within the attached PDF. Living Social’s Glow-In-The-Dark 5K Run and Dance Party.Examples of such events held on the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field include: Numerous, popular year-round events are routinely held on that parkland, and most of them satisfy the definition of “Large FMCP Event” and/or “Multi-Day FMCP Event” set forth in the Proposed Rules. Code § 18-118 and/or the lease, the NY Mets are entitled to make available the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field for various events. The NY Mets organization or related entities (“NY Mets”) hold a lease to the Parkland Surrounding Citi Field, as authorized by NYC Admin. Its surface is paved asphalt, and at times it is used as vehicular parking lots. The boundaries of this particular parkland are described within NYC Admin. (1) Any new rules pertaining to FMCP must not prohibit events held on parkland leased to the NY Mets (or related entities) in the vicinity of Citi Field.įMCP encompasses land surrounding Citi Field stadium, located both north and south of Roosevelt Avenue (“Parkland Surrounding Citi Field”). This writing and the attached PDF convey my comments concerning the Department’s proposed amendments and additions to § 2-08 of Chapter 2, Title 56 of the Rules of the City of New York (“Proposed Rules”), concerning Flushing Meadows Corona Park (“FMCP”). To: NYC Department of Parks and RecreationĪnd via email to on Proposed Rules re: Flushing Meadows Corona Parkĭear NYC Department of Parks and Recreation:
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