Planned monument to essential workers meets opposition in Battery Park City By Lori Chung Manhattan
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NEW YORK Battery Park City residents at a sit-in say they re hoping to convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo to drop plans for a monument to essential workers in their neighborhood, worried that they ll lose a vital part of Rockefeller Park.
Battery Park City residents at a sit-in over plans, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to build a monument to essential workers. NY1/Philip O Driscoll. Our primary objective is to preserve this green space, Jennifer Haran said. Kids play here, there s soccer games, there s T-ball games on the weekend, people sunbathing, Haran added. Really, everyone from our community and beyond uses this space.