Save NYC Gardens

With 14,000 empty, buildable lots  in New York City and only 750 community
gardens, Mayor Giuliani plans to  auction off over 120 thriving community
gardens in May. This is the second auction in which gardens have been
targeted.
These gardens, many of them decades old, were established with the city's
blessing on abandoned and vacant lots that had often been centers of drug
and crime activity. New York City's gardens are known across the country.
They are studied in our nation's schools.  Their disappearance would mark
not only  a tragedy for the city, but would set a dangerous precedent for
other cities across the country whose garden programs are struggling to
survive.
The Mayor thinks only a small minority care about the gardens.  If he were
made aware of the large numbers of people, not only in New York but across
the  nation, who care about this issue, he will be forced to reconsider his
policies.
Please take a moment to read this petition.  Sign at the bottom if you agree
and forward the petition to all the people you know who would support it.
If you are the 50th, 100th, 150th...(etc) signature, please also e-mail
the petition to: NYCgardens@cobite.com  For more information about 
New York City community gardens and the efforts to save them, visit
http://www.nycgardens.org/

PETITION IN SUPPORT OF NYC'S GARDENS
Dear Mayor Giuliani,
Community gardens represent one of the best and most all around positive
developments in New York City.  They are founded by working New Yorkers,
thrive on principles of a true democracy, provide solace, learning, and
pleasure to young and old, offer bridges across cultures and ethnic groups,
offer space for a multitude of cultural activities, and turn neighborhoods
and indeed the city as a whole into a more vibrant and healthy environment.
New York's gardens have set a national example of innovative and successful
public policy and urban renewal.  They are studied and admired across the
country.  Their preservation represents a special opportunity to set a
critical environmental benchmark in this issue and to evidence foresight for
the cities of the future.
We hereby ask that you withdraw the gardens from the auction list.
Sincerely,

1.	Myla Goldberg, Brooklyn, NY
2.	Mark Leger, Brooklyn, NY
3.	Julie Warsowe, Brooklyn, NY
4.	Alan Chin, New York, NY
5.	Jill Underwood, Brooklyn, NY
6.	Ed Gilmartin, Brooklyn, NY
7.	Daniel Kleinfeld, Manhattan, NY
8.	Colin Young, Brooklyn, NY
9.	Katherine Puma, New York, NY
10.	Katherine Harber, New York, NY
11.	Patrick Boyd, New York, NY
12.	Jay Douglas, New York, NY
13.	David Aron Damane, NY
14.	Tim Albrecht, NY, NY
15.	Dathan B. Williams
16.	Gerry Geddes, NY, NY
17.	Anthony Gaglione, Long Beach, NY
18.	James Pericas, Long Beach, NY
19.	Natalie Douglas, NYC, NY
20.	D. Jay Bradley, Jersey City, NJ

20.  Kate Strachan, NYC, NY
21.	Allegra Millan, Brooklyn, NY
22.	Patricia Hanley, NYC, NY
23.	Terence Ford, Brooklyn, NY
24.	Priso H. Epale, NY, NY
25.	Rufus D. Muller NY, NY
26.	Richard J. Sanchez  NY, NY
27.	Brian A. Nedvin CT
28.	Anita Johnson, NY, NY
29.	Claudia Waite, NY, NY
30.	Timothy A. Bernard, Santa Rosa, CA
31.	John Consedine, Santa Rosa, CA
32.	Ben Gilbert, Santa Rosa, CA
33.	Anne Atkinson, Santa Rosa, CA
34.	Keith Johnson. Asheville, NC
35.	Jane Sherry, NY, NY
36. Martha Wells, TX
37. Carol Young, IN

Don't forget that in order to 'sign' this petition, you need to cut and
paste the entire message into a new e-mail, add your name and send the
message.
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