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New York Committee for the East Coast Greenway

The New York Committee for the ECG consists of volunteers who coordinate route selection and undertake our advocacy efforts to move the Greenway ahead in New York. By building support and partnerships with citizens, public agencies and organizations at the local and state levels, the New York Committee is helping to get the ECG on the ground, mile by mile.

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NEWS AND EVENTS (in chronological order)

Guided Bike Rides and Walks on the East Coast Greenway

For info and to register for these events: http://ecgny2012.eventbrite.com/

Sun, May 6, 10 am: Battery Park to125th St. walk

Sat, June 9: Hudson Loop Walk, co-sponsored with FreeWalkers, http://hudsonloop30.drupalgardens.com/

Sun, June 10, 9 am: Bronxville to Battery Park ride

Sun, July 15, 9 am: Van Cortlandt Park to Kensico Dam ride

Sun, Aug. 12, 9 am: Manhattan Loop Ride, co-sponsored with Common Ground-NYC

Sun, September 16,  9 am: Hudson River Greenway (43rd St.) to City Island ride

Sun, Oct. 7: Hudson River Loop Ride, 5th annual, co-sponsored with New Jersey Committee for the ECG

 

RELATED EVENTS 

Sat., May 5: The Great Saunter, 32-mile walk around Manhattan, http://www.shorewalkers.org/ 
Sat., May 19: ECGA National Trail Council meeting, Portland ME, http://www.greenway.org

Sat., May 19: The Big Walk, Metropark NJ to NY Penn Station, http://freewalkers.org

TUES., JUNE 5, 4 to 6 pm: NY-ECG COMMITTEE MEETING, open to all.
The Arsenal (NYC Parks Dept. HQ), 830 Fifth Ave. (at 64th St.), Manhattan, 3d floor, Commissioner’s Conference Room

Sat, June 23: Cabot Tour, NYC Event, Central Park Bandshell, 12 pm to 4 pm
Sun, June 24: Cabot Tour Service Day, http://www.cabotcommunitytour.com 

 

MANY ENJOYABLE EVENTS ARE BEING OFFERED THIS FALL
BY OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.  Check them out:
Bike Walk Alliance of Westchester & Putnam:  http://www.westchesterbikewalk.org.
Bronx River Alliance:  http://www.bronxriver.org.

  

Committee Information:

Newsletter, September 10, 2011

Newsletter, April 23, 2011

Newsletter, March 29th 2010

Newsletter, March 20th 2010

Newsletter, January 2010

Newsletter, December 2009

Newsletter, November 2009

Newsletter, October 2009

Newsletter, September 2009

Newsletter, July 2009

Newsletter, May 2009

New Yorker appointed new executive director of ECGA.  Dennis Markatos-Soriano succeeds Karen Votava, the first and only executive director. Read the offical press release here.

Sustainable Energy Transition blogs about greenways, specifically the Hudson River Parkway

Great NYT Article on the proposed Westchester path: County Presses Proposal for Bike Trail

Article: Bronx River trail tapped for Maine-to-Florida bike route

New York Committee

The New York Committee consists of volunteers who dedicated their time and resources to advocate for the creation of local trails in New York. Please help the Committee by volunteering your time, becoming a member or sponsoring a mile of trail.

Recent accomplishments of the New York Committee include:

  • Conducting the first ECG state summit
  • Worked out an agreement with NYC DOT to sign the ECG route from Van Cortlandt Park to the Broadway Bridge
  • Worked out an agreement with NYC Parks to sign the ECG route on park paths in the Bronx
  • Organized a campaign to support Westchester County’s application for federal funding to develop a 4-mile pathway on Westchester Avenue
  • Getting www.greenway.org on the NYC Cycling Map

The New York Committee currently needs volunteers to:

  • Write support letters to their public officials for various projects
  • Represent the ECG at events
  • Help maintain the NY committee website
  • Advocacy Toolkit – ECG advocacy, communications, and graphics guides and materials
Sponsor a Mile of the ECG in New York

    Mile sponsors will have their inscriptions posted on our website and eventually posted in a kiosk along the route in New York. Learn more.

Become a member of the ECGA

Your membership dues support our advocacy work in New York!

Contact Information:

ECGA Mid-Atlantic Trail Liaison
position temporarily vacant

State Committee Chair:
Jackson Wandres: jwandres@rbagroup.com
(212) 741-8090 x103

State Committee Secretary:
Maggie Scott Greenfield: maggie.greenfield@parks.nyc.gov
718-430-4635

Acting Editor, NY-ECG Newsletter:
Elizabeth Brody: ebrody8@nyc.rr.com
212-262-6880

Manhattan Coordinator:
Larry Reilly: lreilly370@aol.com
212-866-8573

Staten Island Coordinator:
Robert DeBiase
rldebiase@earthlink.net

Bronx Coordinator
Sheila Somashekhar,
Sustainable South Bronx, ssomashekhar@ssbx.org
646-400-5295. 

Westchester Coordinator:
David Wilson: davidmckaywilson@aol.com

914-207-5600

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