- Turf War: Why the fight for private school access to public land isn’t over yet (West Side Spirit, January 13, 2009)
- Court Decision: Citywide Council on High Schools, et al. v. FCRC et al. (Amended, December 29, 2009)
- Judge Rejects City’s Private Ballfield Plan For Randalls Island … Again (Gothamist, December 23, 2009)
- Randalls Island play to hand control of ballfields to private schools nixed again (New York Daily News, December 23, 2009)
- Judge Rules Against City’s Plan To Lease Ball Fields To Private Schools (NY1, December 23, 2009)
- Courts Rule Against City’s Plan for Randall’s Island, Again (WNYC Radio, December 23, 2009)
- Judge slams city’s preppy-sport boo$t (New York Post, December 23, 2009)
- Judge rules Randall’s Island field plan illegal (WABC News, December 23, 2009)
- Court rules against Randall’s Island land use (The Real Deal, December 23, 2009)
- New Randalls Island Deal With Private Schools Is Rejected (The New York Times, December 23, 2009)
- Court Orders Council Vote on Randall’s Island Redevelopment (WNYC Radio, December 22, 2009)
- Judge Rules Randalls Island Sports Fields Should Remain Public (DNAinfo, December 22, 2009)
- Judge Rips City/Parks Department Over Randall’s Island Pay-To-Play Concession Deal – Lack Of Environmental Review (A Walk in the Park, December 22, 2009)
- Court Shoots Down City Deal With Private Schools (The New York Times, December 22, 2009)
- Bloomberg L.P. “Summer Party ‘08″ Takes Over Randalls Island (WSP Blog, June 23, 2008)
- Request for Inquiry Into RISF/Parks Department Land Use Practices on Randall’s Island (Foster, Mark-Vivierito, June 18, 2008)
- Randall’s Island Golf Course Reopens In City’s Backyard (NY 1 News, June 4, 2008)
- Randalls Island ‘Field of Schemes’ Plan Now Totally Bizarre (Curbed, May 21, 2008)
- State Judge Allows Randall’s Island Ball Fields To Move Forward (NY 1 News, May 21, 2008)
- More Ball Fields Allowed Despite Voiding of Deal (The New York Times, May 21, 2008)
- Prep schools can build fields of dreams on Randalls Isle (New York Daily News, May 21, 2008)
- NY judge clears way or Randall’s Island playing fields (Newsday, May 21, 2008)
- Randall’s Plan Is Struck Out (New York Post, May 21, 2008)
- Randall’s Island Golf Center Reopens After Major Makeover (NY 1 News, May 14, 2008)
- Bitter fight over park goes on (Metro NY, April 11, 2008)
- Lawsuit Filed to Block Randalls Island Project (WNYC Radio, April 10, 2008)
- Tennis center enthusiasts prepared to cause racket (Metro NY, April 9, 2008)
- New tennis complex will add courts, stadium at Randall’s Island (Staten Island Advance, April 2, 2008)
- 20 New Courts and a Stadium Planned on Randalls Island (The New ork Times, April 2, 2008)
- Randall’s Island: Public Space in Flux (NYC 24, April 2008)
- Locals Score Win On Randall’s Island (Latin Week NY, February 22, 2008)
- Randalls Island Hearing Delayed (New York Observer, February 19, 2008)
- City has fuzzy math on Randall’s Island redo (Metro NY, February 19, 2008)
- Runaround on Randall’s? (Gotham Gazette, February 13, 2008)
- City Hall tunes out judge’s ruling on Randalls Island pay-to-play ballfield (New York Daily News, February 13, 2008)
- What ruling? Dump trucks still roll on Randall’s Island (Metro NY, February 13, 2008)
- State Supreme Court Blocks Randall’s Island Private School Deal (NY 1 News, February 1, 2008)
- Randalls Island Sports Field Deal Stymied by Judge (Gothamist, February 1, 2008)
- Randalls Is. ballfields stay public – judge (New York Daily News, February 1, 2008)
- Private Schools Can’t Play on Randalls Island (The New York Sun, February 1, 2008)
- Judge kills Randall’s Island deal (Metro NY, February 1, 2008)
- Deal Over Randalls Island Sports Fields Is Voided (The New York Times, February 1, 2008)
- Judge kills city’s private school sports fields deal (Newsday, February 1, 2008)
- Randall’s Island decision; public school children win! (Press Release, January 31, 2008)
- Order Annulling Approval of New Fields on Randall’s Island (New York State Supreme Court, January 31, 2008)
- Fight Over Sports Fields Brews in NYC (Associated Press, January 29, 2008)
- NYC sued over private school deal to transform public parkland (Newsday, January 27, 2008)
- Randall’s Island deal gives new meaning to pay-to-play (Crain’s New York Business, January 14, 2008)
- Judge Queries Plan to Give Private Schools Priority on Randalls Island (The New York Times, January 11, 2008)
- Randall’s Field Plan Foul: Foes (New York Post, January 11, 2008)
- Judge Scornful of Bloomberg Administration Arguments in Randall’s Island Lawsuit (NYC PSP, January 10, 2008)
- Arguments Are Heard in Randall’s Island Lawsuit (Press Release, January 10, 2008)
- Harlem Residents to Square Off Vs. City Over Randall’s Island (The New York Sun, January 10, 2008)
- Randall’s Island lawsuit in court (Metro New York, January 10, 2008)
- Randall’s Island Project Stranded in Court (Gothamist, January 10, 2008)
- NYC nixes planned water park on Randall’s Island (The Canadian Press, October 4, 2007)
- City Sinks Water Park Plan For Randall’s Island (NY 1 News, September 22, 2007)
- With Financing in Doubt, City Cancels Plans for Randall’s Island Water Park (The New York Times, September 22, 2007)
- City cancels plans for Randall’s Island water park (New York Daily News, September 22, 2007)
- NYC nixes planned water park on Randall’s Island (Newsday, September 22, 2007)
- Randall’s Water Park Goes Down the Drain (New York Post, September 22, 2007)
- Water park boondoggle builder misses deadline (New York Daily News, September 21, 2007)
- Randall’s Island Water Park Plans Waterlogged (Gothamist, September 21, 2007)
- Drip, drip on water park (New York Daily News, September 20, 2007)
- Controller: Parks Dept. broke law by extending park deadline (New York Daily News, September 18, 2007)
- Questions About Park (The New York Times, September 18, 2007)
- Comptroller Criticizes Randall’s Island Park (WNYC Radio, September 18, 2007)
- Comptroller wants to sink water park (Metro New York, September 18, 2007)
- Troubled Randall’s Island proposal faces deadline (amNew York, September 18, 2007)
- Letter to Mayor Bloomberg Regarding Randall’s Island Water Park (Comptroller William Thompson, September 17, 2007)
- Randall’s Island Waterpark and Private Beach Club Rejected by NYSDEC (NYC Indymedia, August 15, 2007)
- On Playing Fields, Grass Is an Endangered Species (The New York Times, August 13, 2007)
- Advocates Take Issue with New Randall’s Island (WNYC News, August 3, 2007)
- Work Begins on Randall’s Island Fields as Opponents Cry Foul (The New York Sun, August 3, 2007)
- Padres de El Barrio contra plan Randall’s (El Diario/La Prensa, 2 de Agosto, 2007)
- All Play Ball on Randall’s I. (New York Post, August 3, 2007)
- Officials Break Ground On Randall’s Island Parks, But Some Protest Private Funding (NY 1 News, August 2, 2007)
- Residents Protest Private Schools Getting Sports Facilities On Island (Associated Press, August 2, 2007)
- Community Protest of Bloomberg’s Sale of Public Parkland at Field Groundbreaking (Press Release, August 1, 2007)
- Open Letter to Comptroller Thompson (Bubbins, July 24, 2007)
- Sprinturf to Develop 11 New Soccer Fields at Randall’s Island, New York (PR Web, July 17, 2007)
- Deal Will Open 290 School Playgrounds to the Public (The New York Times, July 2, 2007)
- Randall’s Islands Sports Fields Development News (July 2007)
- Randall’s Island Site Park Plan (RISF, July 2007)
- Randall’s Island playing fields update (Insideschools.org, June 15, 2007)
- Playgrounds For All (New York Press, June 15, 2007)
- [East] Harlem Residents File Suit Over Randall’s Island Sports Fields (WNYC Radio, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit Against City Claims Randall’s Sports Fields Deal Is Unfair (NY 1 News, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit Seeks to Break Deal Over Use of Randall’s I. (The New York Times, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit against Randall’s Island plan (Metro NY, June 15, 2007)
- Deal With Schools on Playing Field Use Is Challenged (The New York Sun, June 15, 2007)
- Parents sue to block sports field deal (Newsday, June 15, 2007)
- Lawsuit on Randall’s Island Filed Today (Press Release, June 14, 2007)
- Unfair play for pricey park (New York Daily News, May 25, 2007)
- You gotta pay to play, kids (American Public Media, May 7, 2007)
- Randall’s Island Park To Undergo Major Restorations (NY 1 News, May 4, 2007)
- Field of schemes (Time Out NY Kids, April 18, 2007)
- Class-War Bigots (New York Post, February 18, 2007)
- Deal’s not as sweet as it looks (New York Daily News, February 16, 2007)
- Temen no poder iniciar liga de beisbol para menores (El Diario/La Prensa, 15 de febrero de 2007)
- Nod to Randall’s Island plan (Metro NY, February 15, 2007)
- $52M Field Day (New York Post, February 15, 2007)
- Manhattan: Ball Fields Approved for Randall’s Island (The New York Times, February 15, 2007)
- Randall’s Island Park Private Fund Plan Approved (WNYC Radio, February 14, 2007)
- Randall’s Island “Community” Access Task Force Memorandum of Understanding (Office of the Mayor, February 14, 2007)
- Field of broken hearts (New York Daily News, February 14, 2007)
- Officials, Parents, Rally in Opposition to City’s Plan to Privatize Public Fields (LoHo, February 14, 2007)
- Randall’s cerca de manos privadas (El Diario/La Prensa, 14 de febrero de 2007)
- Randall’s Island Ball Field Plan Faces Sharp Criticism Before Vote (NY 1 News, February 14, 2007)
- ‘Pay to play’ old news (Metro NY, February 13, 2007)
- Testimony of Manhattan Community Board 11 at February 13, 2007 Franchise and Concession Review Committee Hearing
- Testimony of Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito at the Franchise Concession & Review Committee Hearing on the Proposed Randall’s Island Ball Fields Project, February 13, 2007
- Private strings on public fields (El Diario/La Prensa, 13 de febrero de 2007)
- Furor over public parks-private school plan (New York Newsday, February 13, 2007)
- Play ball on Randall’s Island (New York Daily News, February 13, 2007)
- Randall’s Island: Playground for Richy Rich Kids? (Gothamist, February 10, 2007)
- Pay to Play (NYC Educator, February 10, 2007)
- On Randall’s Island, New Ball Fields via Deal With Elite Schools (The New York Times, February 10, 2007)
- Randall’s for Rich (New York Daily News, February 9, 2007)
- Proposed Modifications to Draft of Randall’s Island Sports Fields Improvement Project Agreement (Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, February 8, 2007)
- Letter to the Franchise and Concessions Review Committee (T. Gorman Reilly, CIVITAS, February 7, 2007)
- Manhattan Community Board 7 Supports Schools Council Resolution Opposing Privatization (February 6, 2007)
- Criticism Heaped on City Plan to Rent Sports Fields to Schools (WNYC Radio, February 1, 2007)
- Critics rip athletic field plan (New York Daily News, February 1, 2007)
- Response by NYC Parks Commissioner to January 25th Group Letter to Mayor Bloomberg (A. Benepe, February 1, 2007)
- Transcript of NYC Council Parks & Recreation Committee Hearing on Randall’s Island Franchise, (January 31, 2007)
- Parks Commish: “I’d Be Lined Up and Shot” (New York Observer, January 31, 2007)
- Resolution on Randall’s Island Plan (Community Education Council for District 4, January 31, 2007)
- The New Randall’s Island: Separate and Unequal? (EHP Testimony at NYC Council Parks Committee Hearing, January 31, 2007)
- Resolution on Randall’s Island Plan (Community Education Council for District 3, January 31, 2007)
- City to pass bucks on Randall’s Island (Metro NY, January 31, 2007)
- Pay-to-play plan a foul ball, commish (New York Daily News, January 31, 2007)
- Parks ‘dance’ not over (Metro NY, January 30, 2007)
- Draft Randall’s Island Sports Fields Improvement Project Agreement (January 29, 2007)
- Private Partnerships For Public Parks (Gotham Gazette, January 29, 2007)
- Bad smell at 120M ballfields (New York Daily News, January 26, 2007)
- Public Parks and Private Schools (The New York Times, January 21, 2007)
- Schools Battle Over Use of Randall’s Island Athletic Fields (NY 1 News, January 11, 2007)
- Position on Randall’s Island Athletic Fields Proposal (New Yorkers for Parks, January 2007)
- Randall’s scandal deal near (New York Daily News, December 27, 2006)
- Ties Run Deep Between Bruno and an Investor (The New York Times, December 16, 2006)
- Summary of Discussion at the NYU-Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management Regarding Access to Randall’s Island, December 13, 2006
- Follow-Up Letter to Parks Dept. Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Randall’s Island Sports Foundation Chairman Richard Davis (Manhatttan Borough President Stringer, November 11, 2006)
- Letter to the Editor: Private Schools’ Access To Randall’s Island (The New York Times, November 5, 2006)
- Locals Battle Over Playing Fields On Randall’s Island (NY 1 News, November 4, 2006)
- Deal called fair share on ballfields (New York Daily News, November 4, 2006)
- Debaten polémico proyecto (El Diario/La Prensa, 4 de noviembre de 2006)
- Statement by Community Board 11 District Manager George Sarkissian at NYC Council Parks Committee on Proposed Randall’s Island Ball Fields Franchise (November 3, 2006)
- Statement to the NYC Council Parks Committee on Proposed Randall’s Island Ball Fields Franchise (Merino, November 3, 2006)
- Testimony at NYC Council Parks Committee on Proposed Randall’s Island Ball Fields Franchise (Ortiz, November 3, 2006)
- Randall’s plan on hold (Metro New York, November 3, 2006)
- Proyecto excluye a escuelas públicas (El Diario/La Prensa, 28 de octubre de 2006)
- Keep public parks public (New York Daily News, October 27, 2006)
- Poor kids losing turf war (New York Daily News, October 25, 2006)
- On a Coveted Green Space, Tensions at Play (The New York Times, October 22, 2006)
- Randall’s Island water park washed up? (Metro New York, October 20, 2006)
- City has park plan for private schools (Metro New York, October 11, 2006)
- Stringer balks at ballfields plan (New York Daily News, October 11, 2006)
- Judge Rules Against Bid to Dismiss Parks Dept. Suit (The New York Sun, September 19, 2006)
- Council to hold hearings on Parks Dept. oversight (Metro NY, August 22, 2006)
- Group Wants Parks Dept. Probe (Metro NY, August 9, 2006)
- Presentation on Water Park (Friends of Brook Park, August 2006)
- Long time Armory Mainstay Takes Position at Randall’s Island (Armory Foundation News, July, 2006)
- Designing the Edge (Harlem River Park Taskforce, May 2006)
- Legal snag possible for new water park (Metro, April 12, 2006)
- Testimony Presented to Franchise and Concession Review Committee (Bubbins, April 10, 2006)
- Splash In Harlem Over Water Park (NY 1 News, April 11, 2006)
- Randall’s Island Water Park Set for Final Approval Vote (The New York Times, April 10, 2006)
- Beep’s Hot For Water Park Now (NY Daily News, April 8, 2006)
- Apoyan parque acuático de diversiones/Water Park OK By Beep (El Diario/La Prensa/NY Post, 8 de abril de 2006)
- Letter to the Manhattan Borough President, Aquatic Development Group, Inc., April 7, 2006)
- Governor Announces $850,000 for Randall’s Island Recreation (Press Release, April 7, 2006)
- Great Adventure-Style Water Park May Be Headed to City (The New York Sun, March 29, 2006)
- Water Park to Open on Randall’s Island in 2008 (Columbia Daily Spectator, March 28, 2006)
- Rough Rapids for Randall’s Island Water Park Proposal (Water Wire, March 22, 2006)
- Water Park Project Soaks Poor (NY Daily News, March 14, 2006)
- Randall’s Island Rip-Off (Indymedia, March 6, 2006)
- Activists try to drum up water park foes (Metro NY, March 1, 2006)
- Randall’s Island Development Fueled by Giuliani Donors (NYC Indy Media, February 25, 2006)
- Kids Design New Randall’s Island Water Park (Epoch Times, February 25, 2006)
- GAA Drops Plans to Build Stadium in NY’s Randall’s Island (Epoch Times International, February 22, 2006)
- New NYC Water Park to Include Indoor Beach (The Associated Press, February 12, 2006)
- City Wants to Part With Bridge That Links Bronx and Manhattan (The New York Times, January 14, 2006)
- Randall’s Island Water Park Gets Nod (Metro New York, January 12, 2006)
- Making Waves (NY Daily News, January 11, 2006)
- City Hopes To Turn Island Into Water Park (NY 1 News, January 11, 2006)
- Wanna Buy a Bridge? (The New Yorker, January 9, 2006)
- A Bridge Too Far? Increasing Pedestrian Access to Randall’s Island (Tiempo NY, December 23, 2005)
- When a Bridge Divides (The New York Times, November 6, 2005)
- Homeless On Wards Island Say They’re Trapped Because They Can’t Afford Bus Fare (NY 1 News, July 26, 2005)
- NY On Track to Prominence (Boston Globe, June 11, 2005)
- New Track Shines on Randall’s Island (The New York Sun, April 20, 2005)
- Stadium of Dreams (New York Daily News, April 17, 2005)
- Icahn Stadium at Randall’s Island (New York Construction, December 2004)
- City Planning Commission Report on Randall’s Island Aquatic Center (C 040459 MCM, 9/8/2004)
- $3.2 Million Pledged to Restore New York Islands (ENS, February 19, 2003)
- Governor: $3.2 Million for Randall’s and Wards Island Park (Press Release, February 15, 2003)
