As the debate over the fate of New York’s community gardens rages on, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is out with a statement on the topic:
“On the Lower East Side, dedicated urban gardeners turned vacant lots from dangerous eyesores into jewels of the neighborhood.  These community gardens give our neighborhoods vital green space and allow our residents a hands-on connection to nature within a dense urban landscape. We must honor the work of our urban pioneers and the wonderful spaces that they’ve created by doing whatever we can to give these gardens the strongest possible protections.”
