Who can sit in privately owned public spaces in NYC?

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• TH

  @thatguy6225 · 1 month ago

  Lol, "when we came with cameras to report on the story, they didn't tell people to move"

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• CA

  @CatWilliams-pd9mo · 1 month ago

  I'm kind of shocked about this, I have been to these public spaces, I've sat down, cleaned my bag out, eaten, just sat and watched the birds, often times to just generally sit down and waste some time before I have to go somewhere else, no one has ever told me to get up, that's crazy I wish someone would try to tell me to leave a public space 😅 I promise I will be more trouble than it's worth

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• JO

  @joyciejd9673 · 1 month ago

  It is like on Long Island when developers agree to set aside land for a park/playground. As long as people are not sleeping on the benchs or making messes, they Should be allowed to sit.

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• PA

  @PaddyPawsRescue · 1 month ago

  I call bull on them visiting every 3 years and making sure they're compliant. There are two in my neighborhood which have NO seating whatsoever. At one of them the doormen will shoe you away if you get close with a dog.

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• LE

  @lephtovermeet · 1 month ago

  Many buildings were required to have a bunch of ground space open to the public in order to build. In typical NY fashion though, they built them, and simply closed them off. Worse comes to worst, they get a fine.

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• JI

  @jimryan5280 · 1 month ago

  Good for him and good for your station for reporting on this. Open to the public means just that!

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• SU

  @supertrouper · 1 month ago

  The benches are on the outside of the buildings which like they said on the news, the buildings have agreed to allow these parts to remain available for the public to use for sitting. The security guards should have been trained to know this, which shows how poorly the property management trains them. If the benches were meant to only be for residents, there would have been fencing or gates all around them or they would be in the insular parts of the building complex.

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• PL

  @PLEASE-SUB5CRIBE · 1 month ago

  NOW IMAGINE HOW MANY NON YTS WERE HARASSED BEFORE IT CAME TO THIS

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• GK

  @GKFF9872 · 1 month ago

  Privately owned public space sounds like an oxymoron.

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• WE

  @WEVA111 · 3 weeks ago

  Keep up the good work

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• LU

  @LuzRenteria-f8j5r · 2 weeks ago

  Wonder how many elderly that didn't feel well or moms with toddlers to tired to walked where never allowed to rest a bit🤔

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• HE

  @henry7765 · 1 month ago

  15 cliff street in FiDi has alot of homeless people in front of the building, just chilling.

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