New York City Department of Parks and Recreation as well as major repairs in parks that have a useful life of more than five years and cost at least $35,000. Its regulations are compiled in Title 56 of the "New York City Rules". The original Parks Commission was formed in 1856 and was responsible only for Central Park. In 1870 the Tweed Charter gave it jurisdiction for all the parks in Manhattan. In addition each borough had its independent Park Commission. A unified citywide New York City Parks Department was formed in 1934 with Robert Moses as the commissioner, a position he held until 1960. In 1968 it
Floral Park, New York Floral Park, New York Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The neighborhood of Floral Park in the New York City borough of Queens, is adjacent to the village. The village is at the western border of Nassau County, and is located mainly in the Town of Hempstead, while the section north of Jericho Turnpike is within the Town of North Hempstead. The population as of the US Census of 2010 is 15,863. The area that is now Floral Park once marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains, and