Our collaborative is very excited to begin working towards creating an action plan to improve language access to parks for our communities! This is a goal we identified early on in our work and has become a growing priority as more of our community members are denied opportunities to become involved in their local parks due to limited English proficiency.

To the benefit of our communities and all New Yorkers, the mayor recently signed an executive order that requires that all city agencies that directly interact with New York city residents translate their public documents into at least the top six languages spoken in the city and that they offer translation services for those with limited English speaking abilities. We are proud of the mayor's leadership in making this great city more accessible to all New Yorkers and are excited about the opportunity this presents for us to work along with the city to ensure that our communities have meaningful access to our open spaces.