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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again

Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again:


"Mayor Bloomberg's pay-to-play deal for Randalls Island ballfields has struck out again.

For the second time in two years, a judge has thrown out a City Hall contract that gives 20 Manhattan private schools exclusive use of half of all the renovated ballfields at Randalls Island Park during school days.

The deal is a 'major concession,' which the Parks Department must first submit to the local community board and the City Council, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Shafer ruled Tuesday."