Youth leagues tell city: ‘Let us play!’
Local youth sports leagues are asking the city to lift the indefinite suspension of their permits, saying the parks belong to everyone.
Players and their families joined coaches and elected officials Monday at Shore Road and Bay Ridge Parkway to make their case to Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Parks Department.
“We are deeply dismayed by the city’s decision not to issue fall field permits in NYC,” said Jesse DeLorenzo, president of Brooklyn City FC. “We find this to be insulting to hundreds of thousands of kids and adults who already safely play organized sports across our city. There is a solution already in place – field permits – to create a safe and orderly environment at the ballfields. City Hall and the Parks Department just need to use it, for the health and well-being of our residents during such a challenging year.”