Playgrounds

New York

New York City Council - July 30, 2025

Today, Council Members Gale Brewer and Kevin Riley celebrated their legislation that expands public access to school playgrounds and basketball courts automatically becoming law, after inaction by the mayor within 30 days of their passage. Introduction 566-B, sponsored by Council Member Gale Brewer, will increase public access to school playgrounds on weekends and during after…

Oregon

Lookout Eugene-Springfield - July 25, 2025

A well-used school playground next to Westmoreland Park is now a smooth dirt lot after Eugene School District 4J decided it was too expensive to maintain. The playground was behind the Arts and Technology Academy, a middle school that opened in 2017, replacing Jefferson Middle School. It had several structures: swings, a geo dome jungle…