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Williamsburg Park Says "Nein!" to Canines

by mardoux | July 6, 2007 at 01:29 pm

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As a dog owner (Sid and Nancy, I added their pic to this story) and a New Yorker, it's fairly hard for me to understand why the state would open a park in a poochie-heavy 'hood and then not allow dogs. The grass is green, the skies are blue; come on New York, let my doggies play! As far as I know, this isn't a law, but rather a preference based on wanting to protect newly planted greenery. Boo to that! Humans can rip out plants just as easily.

City-run parks welcome dogs, but this state park doesn't. "Look, I understand that when you have dogs here, you're looking to give them exercise and let them play," said Rachel Gordon, city director for the state parks office. "But we don't allow dogs in any of the state parks in the city." One fear, she explained, is that the dogs would damage the new vegetation.

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