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Now, we turn to skateboarding. Why? Earlier this year,

in his state of the city address, Mayor Eric Adams announced a $24 million city investment

to transform New York into what he envisions as the skate capital of the East Coast. He

used that term, skate capital of the east coast.

Of that, $11 million has been earmarked for a skate park in Mount Prospect Park.

That's for those of you don't know, on the eastern parkway near Underhill Avenue,

close to Grand Army Plaza in that part of Prospect Park. Plans for the so-called Brooklyn Skate Garden

have it sketched out as about half the size of a football field. That would be the largest of the

four new planned skate parks by the city, but making a flagship skate park will require

paving over some green space in Mount Prospect Park. And the announcement has

launched what you might literally call a turf war between skate advocates and other neighborhood

activists. So now we will hear from both sides of the debate sequentially. In about 10 minutes,

we'll talk to New York City Council member Crystal Hudson

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