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Carol Ash
Office of the Commissioner
NYS office of Parks, Recreation and Historic preservation
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Albany, New York 12235

Dear Commissioner Ash:

I read and listened with great interest to Governor Spitzer's State of the
State Address in
which he mentioned a proposal for $ 100 million in capital spending to
revitalize New york,s
park sy.stem. I could not agree more that one of the building blocks
for livable cornmunities is
"open space - clean, safe, attractive parks."

I would like to think that the Governor's proposal was an outgrowth

of my efforts in
pursuing a statewide bond act for park improvements. That
being.uie t also read an article in
the January I I th, 2008 Saratogian in which the Saratoga-capital
Region's assistant director has
publicly outlined a "wish list" of priority park projects that would be pursued
upon the
Legislature's adoption of the Governor's budget.

Based upon the article, it appears that your office has directed
staff statewide to review
and identifu needs within the park system and that that review
has been ongoing fbr the past
several months' Given the fact that the saratoga-capital
Region has gone iublic with its list of
priority projects, I would greatly appreciate an itemiied list of
all ttre prolects identified for the
Long Island Region along with the estimated costs for each project.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter. I look forward
to your reply.

Enclosure
cc: Ron Foley, LI Regional Dir