Press

Stroll Upper Brookville-February 2026:
A Cause Close to Home: Meet the Cervino Family. The founders of CPN are bringing their love for the environment to Upper Brookville by launching a community composting program

CBS News NY-Nov. 13, 2025:
Queens man saws down trees on protected wetlands, angering nature lovers

NBC News NY-Nov. 12, 2025:
Queens residents accused of illegally sawing down trees for better waterfront view

Queens Chronicle-Oct. 2, 2025:
Federal grant to aid College Pt. cleanup; Coastal Preservation Network helps Parks Dept. secure $2.3M from NOAA

CBS News NY-July 3, 2025:
Hundreds of abandoned boats clog NYC waterways, fueling environmental concerns

Billion Oyster Project Blog-Jan.29, 2025:
Partnering Together for the Western Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed: Collective & Community-Driven Ecosystem Restoration in Queens & the Bronx

New York Post-Oct. 25, 2024:
Luxury condo is holding gorgeous — and public — waterfront views hostage in this NYC neighborhood

CBS News NY-April 30, 2022:
#BetterTogether: Big Rock Beach cleanup, Coastal Preservation Network

CBS News NY-April 22, 2022:
Coastal Preservation Network hopes to restore Big Rock Beach to its former glory

Queens Chronicle-March 17, 2022:
Federal spending bill funds North Queens

Press release, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-March 10, 2022:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Secures Millions for Bronx, Queens Community Projects in Government Spending Bill

QNS.com-Nov.22, 2019:
DEP to extend stormwater outfall pipe to protect thriving oyster reef at MacNeil Park

Queens Chronicle-Dec 21, 2017:
CB 7 wants probe of Waterpointe cleanup

Queens Chronicle-Nov 22, 2017:
Some question Gaelic club's use of park

QNS.com-Oct 30, 2017:
MacNeil Park in College Point to undergo seawall repairs in 2018

Queenstribune.com-Oct 27, 2017:
Contract Awarded For Delayed MacNeil Park Seawall Project

Queens Chronicle-Jun 8, 2017:
Family Earth Fair fun at MacNeil Park

Queens Chronicle-Feb 23, 2017:
CPN warns about water by outfall site

Queens Chronicle, Aug. 2016:
MacNeil Park Getting Stormwater Outfall; Biologist worries seagrass and oyster habitat will be harmed by discharge

Queens Chronicle, May 2016:
Potential Zika Carrier Found in North Queens; Marine biologist warns that mosquito subspecies could be vectors for virus

Times Ledger, June 2016:
Horseshoe Crabs Saved in College Point

New York Daily News, June 2016:
Queens Water Upgrade May Be Deadly to Native Horseshoe Crabs

TimesLedger-Sep 6, 2015:
Avella allocates $575000 for MacNeil Park renovations

Queens Chronicle, July 2014:
MacNeil Seawall Work Set for 2015; Longtime problematic location will be repaired in College Point park

Times Ledger, Dec. 2013:
City Announces Restoration for MacNeil Park Esplanade