Shortly after the city Parks Department moved to evict Ridgewood’s Sunset Community Garden, it said it will stick around.
The group behind the garden at Onderdonk and Willoughby avenues said Wednesday that the New York County Supreme Court has granted a temporary restraining order against Parks and GreenThumb, the agency’s program that supports hundreds of gardens in the city.
Parks had issued a termination notice last month after it found the group out of compliance with community garden rules for requiring new members to affirm its political and ideological views. Those who wish to join the garden are required to uphold a set of “community values” that includes rejections of Zionism, homophobia, transphobia, racism and sexism.
The agency said it had been working with the group since last September to address violations.
Members say the city also tried to remove a memorial honoring transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, for whom the garden has been renamed Jardin de Santa Cecilia. Parks said the altar did not qualify for permanent installation and that, although it had suggested ways to keep it on display, the group refused.
“As Pride begins, this victory makes clear: Our lives, art, and voices are not violations. They are human rights,” group leaders said in a press release. “Pride is a riot they can’t silence, and this garden is a home they can’t take away from us.”
A Parks spokesperson said the agency was notified Tuesday that a garden member had filed an order to show cause for a TRO to enjoin Parks from ending the garden’s license agreement. The TRO was signed the next day and will remain in effect until July 17, when the court is set to hear arguments from both sides regarding next steps, the agency said.
According to the group, the court determined there was a “likelihood of success” on the merits of its allegations of violations of the city’s Human Rights Law and the First Amendment. It said in the release that the city falsely labeled its community values discriminatory and demanded that its license be reinstated and the altar recognized as protected speech.
“This ruling is a lifeline for our community,” garden leaders said.
Funny thing about this is that the Parks Dept tried to negotiate with them for their alter for an activist who never lived in the area and they refused to cooperate and how they are such freedom fighters they think it's right for people to sign a pledge in fealty to their beliefs to help maintain the garden. That's not how community gardens or how this country works.
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Isn't that Italians running that garden, or Islam nutter s? Eathe case they should have the right to not accecpt DEI and all that bullshit. Hell the Italians paid enough when "diversity" destroyed their neighborhood and home values in the 60. That civil right movement and the great migration was a disaster for Bushwick, Armageddon to the 3rd degree. Some of these friggan people can’t decide if they are a boy or a girl today, which toilet to use and they will make a big scene and hoopla sue you if you address them wrong.
This DEI nonsense, DEI rights, Trans rights and all the alphabet letters that go with it has gotten out of hand. You need a special dictionary for what some of these a'Os whish to be addressed as.
Example: As if LBGTTR isnt enough to deal with, What the hell is this new identity or thing called a non binary?
A broken or analog computer chip?
-Ned
www.nra.org
Radical because they don’t support killing innocent civilians. Radical because they don’t cheer on the IDF who deliberately target and shoot kids in the head.
Zionists aren’t radical because they cheer on all of the above.
America has really lost its moral compass.
Dims ARE NOT great critical thinkers. Period.
You Woke Dems are doing a GREAT job of losing 2026 and 2028 before it's even here.
Thank you!
I wonder what's next for Democrats? How insane can they get?
I love the way that Commies, like these, keep outing themselves!
Just silly little childish narratives from the woke left.
If this garden is located on City land, then does the City endorse such views that participation in gardening on its land requires holding philosophical views which may be repugnant to those participants? I absolutely fail to see how an activity like gardening requires demonstrable allegiance to such views. If these people, using City land, continue to forcefully alienate people not holding their views, a little Roundup might be in order. It's a shame, when there is so little arable land in City limits, but there it is.
You don't seem like much of a critical thinker yourself.
What's this got to do with Democrats? Do you have a reading comprehension problem?
You wouldn't know a "commie" if one landed on your head.
I support the U.S. and not folks influenced by the government of China.
TDS is strong in this one too.
Maybe loosen the man buns a tad.
Support our troops - NO MORE WARS FOR ISRAEL
NY is toast, and the voters did it to themselves.
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