GrowNYCWorkers

🌱Food access and sustainability for all. We are @grownyc workers from 70+ sites across the 5 boroughs. 📧 Press contact: Chelsea Connor, [email protected]

[Roosevelt Islander @Rooseveltisland]

NYC Mayoral Budget Cuts Force Haki Compost Collective To Suspend Roosevelt Island Food Scrap Drop Off Site After Tomorrow, December 16 - Haki Exploring Options For 2024 Return And Looking For Ideas https://t.co/hkVMkqab8M

[WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej]

Amazing news! However, none of the community compost orgs should have to hope for anonymous donations to continue their work, esp in a city like NYC with $100+ billion budget & $8 billion in reserves. For context - the entire Community Composting budget is only $6 million.

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

We are committed to supporting our fellow compost workers, and will share more direct actions here as we continue organizing!

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

The GrowNYC Workers Collective is grateful for the funding to keep our jobs and to keep serving the communities we love. But we can not do this work without our NYC Compost Project partners, and we will fight to keep their jobs processing compost locally within the 5 boroughs.

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

An anonymous donor has temporarily saved the GrowNYC compost collection sites at the city’s greenmarkets after Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts threatened to shut them down entirely.

Read more: https://t.co/4JZjsqSoJ2

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

@Gothamist The Mayor and the City Council need to reinstate ALL funding for community compost. We could not do this work without our partners.

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

Thank you Briana, for centering workers directly impacted by the budget cuts.

[Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @HellGateNY]

The elimination of City funding for community composting drop-off sites will save around $3 million a year—a whopping 0.04 percent of a $7 billion budget gap. https://t.co/SVrSyeXOnJ

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

Our work is vital to the city and must be funded. 💚 @JustinBrannan

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

We're on hour ~9.5 of our Nov plan hearing. @GrowNYC community composting program is on the chopping block. That's 115 workers (53 of which are @RWDSU members) who will lose their jobs come December 17. City Hall said no layoffs in this PEG. These are layoffs.

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

NYC parks are poised to lose more than 1,400 staffers under Mayor Adams’ latest budget cuts. With 1,700 parks in the city, the reduction in staff could mean parks are cleaned as little as once a week, among other consequences. https://t.co/aiqd6OtO6t

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

Thank you for the coverage and hearing out workers 💚 ⁦@WasteDive⁩
https://t.co/9bzFOuAtfe

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

“This expansive budget cut is anti-sustainability, anti-environment, anti-union, and anti-people.”

Words from Chris A., student, organizer and member of the GrowNYC Workers Collective 📢

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

@NicoleKelner Wow! Thank you for using your voice, platform, and talent to bring attention to this. NYC compost workers appreciate your support so much!

[Nicole Kelner @NicoleKelner]

I'm starting a new series called "What I Compost in a Week" to share the importance of composting!

With Eric Adams cutting the community compost program in NYC, all these foods will be sent to landfill.

Sign the petition to voice your concern: https://t.co/fy0wsVhLpC

[Adam Obernauer @eastofadamo]

The budget cuts to the NYC Community Compost program is completely unacceptable. This cut will eliminate over 50 @RWDSU members at @GrowNYCWorkers & displace important programs the community depends on. Curbside pickup isn't available for many New Yorkers

https://t.co/lxKw3PFR4I

[GrowNYC @GrowNYC]

Thanks to YOUR incredible support, we’ve hit a milestone with over 40,000 signatures on our petition to save community composting! We’re deeply grateful to everyone who signed and shared, showing that our community stands strong for these vital programs that go beyond waste reduction.

Our work is far from over! We need more signatures on our petition to show Mayor Adams that community composting is indispensable for our city. Please lend your voice by signing the petition before MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. The City Council will be discussing these budget cuts on that date, and every signature counts!

A special shout-out to our city council colleagues for standing firm in their support amidst budget cuts proposed by Mayor Adams. Your dedication to sustainability and community building is a beacon of inspiration for us all.

Keep the momentum going—share the petition with friends, family, and colleagues. If you believe in our cause, please make a donation to GrowNYC. Visit https://t.co/sEO394dJuy to make a donation.

Your support fuels our efforts to create a greener, more sustainable future. Visit https://t.co/9JoU1S1VoK to sign the petition.

#SaveOurCompost

[Sophie Hurwitz @sophiehurwitz]

10 different city council members showed up to speak against Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts to community composting, which will cost 121 green jobs + cut 1000s of people’s access to community composting programs in 2 weeks if it goes through.

[Dr.EB 🇵🇸 @LNBel]

#saveourcompost

[Shaun Abreu @ShaunAbreu]

This is devastating. We cannot afford to lose community composting programs—especially at our greenmarkets.

The @NYCCouncil will be fighting these cuts.

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

@Gothamist Our connections to communities can not be replaced by a smart bin. Here’s a quick step you can take to support the 53 employees that expect to be laid off by 12/18:

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

If you have a few minutes to support workers in compost, please use our template below or write your own testimony to let the city council know our work is essential: https://t.co/wEqhPs5iJo

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

If you have a few minutes to support workers in compost, please use our template below or write your own testimony to let the city council know our work is essential: https://t.co/wEqhPs5iJo

[GrowNYCWorkers @GrowNYCWorkers]

We have just started negotiating our contract to make our workplace better, it is devastating to hear that 53 of us will be laid off 💔 We will keep fighting to serve our communities!

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

All 53 of GrowNYC’s composting employees expect to be laid off by Dec. 18, which means those orange GrowNYC composting tents that are a familiar sight at markets citywide will make their last appearances soon. https://t.co/yPOuVCcAxg