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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
reporters would have been scandalized had the city given the contract to the Conservancy in a 'backroom deal.'
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Parmenio Adams
Democratic · New York
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slate.com

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Defends the decision to seek private bids instead of accepting a nonprofit's offer.

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