Who:              Commissioner Rose Harvey
                       Bryan Erwin, Chair of the Long Island State Parks Commission 
                       Local Elected Officials

What:             Photo opportunity highlighting historic restoration project

When:            11:30 a.m. Monday, September 28, 2015

Where:           Central Mall, Jones Beach State Park, Wantaugh, NY

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 62 million people annually. Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, New York State is making a historic commitment to improving and expanding access to outdoor recreation. The Governor's NY Parks 2020 program is a multi-year commitment to leverage $900 million in private and public funding for State Parks from 2011 to 2020. The Governor's 2015-16 Executive Budget allocates $110 million toward this initiative.