{"id":198,"date":"2024-05-22T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=198"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:57:29","slug":"patch-city-budget-cuts-scrap-composting-initiatives-in-harlem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/05\/22\/patch-city-budget-cuts-scrap-composting-initiatives-in-harlem\/","title":{"rendered":"Patch: City Budget Cuts Scrap Composting Initiatives In Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/harlem\/city-budget-cuts-scrap-composting-initiatives-harlem\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Vianella Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HARLEM, NY \u2014 Due to city budget cuts, a nonprofit with locations in Harlem has ceased offering composting services, although local politicians are mobilizing to contest this change.<\/p>\n<p>GrowNYC, overseeing a network of over 80 open-air greenmarkets, farmstands and fresh food boxes, announced the conclusion of compost programming at both locations last week due to the nonprofit&#8217;s depletion of funding.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/new-york-city\/farmers-market-compost-layoffs-loom-nyc-budget-scrap\">this&nbsp;<\/a>spring, the nonprofit filed a state notice indicating that 60 workers were slated for layoffs this summer. However, an anonymous donation following the city&#8217;s funding cut in the fall enabled GrowNYC&#8217;s programs to continue operating and its workers to remain employed, as previously reported by Patch.<\/p>\n<p>As of this week, those funds have since been exhausted, resulting in the organization&#8217;s need to lay off employees this past Monday, Council Member Shaun Abreu said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Abreu, representing Manhattan&#8217;s Seventh District, spearheaded a rally at City Hall advocating for the reinstatement of funding for composting and other green initiatives in the forthcoming budget.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, as GrowNYC is forced to shut down food scrap drop-off sites and lay off unionized workers due to budget cuts, I joined advocates at City Hall to say one thing: Save our compost,&#8221; Abreu said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Levine and Abreu emphasized on Monday their desire for Mayor Eric Adams to reverse the budget decision and reinstate funding for these community programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision is killing jobs and setting our city back big time when it comes to trash management,&#8221; Abreu said.<\/p>\n<p>Through initiatives like GrowNYC, New Yorkers would bring their food scraps to farmers&#8217; markets and other designated drop-off locations. Subsequently, this organic waste would circumvent landfills and undergo transformation into nutrient-rich soil, benefiting parks, gardens, street tree soil and households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/harlem\/city-budget-cuts-scrap-composting-initiatives-harlem\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Vianella Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HARLEM, NY \u2014 Due to city budget cuts, a nonprofit with locations in Harlem has ceased offering composting services, although local politicians are mobilizing to contest this change.<\/p>\n<p>GrowNYC, overseeing a network of over 80 open-air greenmarkets, farmstands and fresh food boxes, announced the conclusion of compost programming at both locations last week due to the nonprofit&#8217;s depletion of funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/05\/22\/patch-city-budget-cuts-scrap-composting-initiatives-in-harlem\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}