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By Angelica Ang

But as with many other community farms and gardens in New York City, the farm was threatened by Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts, which eliminated all funding for community composting in 2023.

Though the funding for the NYC Compost Project has been restored for next year’s budget, the future of community composting in New York remains uncertain. After all, this was not the first time the funding for community composting has been cut; it was suspended for 14 months during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

For now, the return of funding is being celebrated.

“Today, we celebrate these wins. Tomorrow, we continue the work toward a cleaner, safer, climate-resilient city,” said City Council member Shaun Abreu in a statement.