Vincent Gentile

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Pols Applaud Inclusion Of Local Playgrounds In Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative

Councilman Mark Treyger announces improvements coming to Lafayette Playground. (Courtesy of Treyger’s Office)The city has doubled the budget for its Community Parks Initiative [http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/framework-for-an-equitable-future/community-parks-initiative] (CPI) — a citywide program to improve under-funded parks in densely populated and growing neighborhoods with higher concentrations of

Vincent Gentile

Gentile Echoes Call For Verrazano Relief, Says Bridge Toll Reveals “Tale Of Two Boroughs”

The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Vincent Gentile. Earlier this morning, State Senator Marty Golden issued a similar demand [/golden-calls-for-expansion-of-verrazano-bridge-toll-discount-to-non-si-residents/] . Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a long-awaited deal which will give Staten Island E-ZPass holders a big toll break on the Verrazano Bridge – a deal