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Votes at a glance: Community Board 2 executive committee approves park funding request and a slate of traffic, landmarks, street‑activity and liquor‑license rul

5608827 · August 20, 2025
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Summary

Manhattan Community Board 2’s executive committee adopted multiple committee recommendations in August, including a parks funding request (amended to exclude the Tony Dapolito Center), three traffic‑safety resolutions, four Landmarks recommendations, a large batch of street‑activity rulings and two SLA recommendation batches.

Manhattan Community Board 2’s executive committee finalized several items during its August meeting including a parks funding request, three traffic safety resolutions, multiple landmarks recommendations, a slate of street‑activity rulings and two batches of State Liquor Authority (SLA) recommendations.

Key outcomes

- Parks (see separate item): Committee supported Parks’ request to use Hudson Square open‑space funds for improvements to the James J. Walker Park playground and adjacent public spaces, and amended the resolution to state that it does not include work on the Tony Dapolito Center. The amended parks resolution passed.

- Traffic & Transportation: The committee adopted three resolutions brought by the Traffic & Transportation Committee: (1) a resolution calling on the NYPD to end the policy of issuing criminal court summonses to cyclists for specified low‑level traffic violations (language corrected…

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