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Queens board asks DEP for clarity on rain‑garden funding and maintenance
Summary
Community leaders pressed the Department of Environmental Protection for details on who pays for green infrastructure, the status of a previously cited $200 million fund, and whether rain‑garden maintenance is contracted or handled in‑house.
Community Board members and district managers in Queens pressed DEP on funding and maintenance for green infrastructure during the storm-preparedness briefing.
The borough president reminded DEP that a prior effort had set aside money for green infrastructure: “We had secured, I think when I was chair, $200,000,000 for green infrastructure,” the…
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