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Resident presses Valley Stream officials over paved playground, asks for parents’ committee
Summary
A resident told trustees the village paved over a playground at Flyman's Field without adequate community consultation and asked that the board create a committee on children's issues; an official (Speaker 1) said the playground was unsafe, cited ADA and liability concerns, and pledged a bigger, ADA-compliant replacement, while acknowledging communication gaps.
A resident (Speaker 2) used the public-comment period to criticize the village’s handling of playground work at Flyman's Field, saying the surface was paved over without community consultation and that repeated requests for information from village staff went unanswered.
"When we make decisions that affect public spaces, we must engage the community and ensure that things like this that our needs are considered," Speaker 2 said, adding that the small, fenced playground had been a sanctuary for babies and that Valley Stream lacks many playgrounds…
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