Who:           State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey

                    State Council of Parks

                    Elected Officials

What:          Major announcement regarding Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park

When:         11:00 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2015

Where:         Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, follow signs to pool parking lot

                     2957 Crompond Road Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598

                                       
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.