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No.12 Tuesday, November 6, 2001
(Election Day)
  • Central Forestry plants four pear trees and one Linden in a Greenstreet directly across from City Hall on the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge. The trees, which survived the World Trade Center attack, were located in front of 5 World Trade Center.

  • The Daffodil Project needs people to volunteer and plant bulbs in downtown Manhattan at Lt. Petrosino Park and Christopher Park tomorrow. Anyone who is interested should call the District Manager, at (212) 408-0235. An estimated 30,000 bulbs were planted in Manhattan over the weekend.

  • Bid documents will be available for contractor pick-up tomorrow for the construction of the Red Light (Bathgate) Playground in the Bronx. Bids are due from contractors on November 27. The bid documents are located at the Olmsted Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, New York 11368.

  • Staten Island plants flowers around the newly erected Great Kills Veterans' Memorial.

  • The Urban Park Rangers, Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP), and Central Communications played an integral role in maintaining safety and order at the New York City Marathon.

  • Operations Management and Planning (OMP) begins agency-wide information requests for the preliminary fiscal year 2002 Mayor's Management Report.

  • Operations and Management Planning visits Asser Levy Recreation Center to perform an inspection of the facilities and to label fitness equipment. Parks continuously tracks the rate of out of service fitness equipment at corresponding Recreation Centers. Asser Levy is located on 23rd Street and the FDR in Manhattan.