Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, Parks, and Streets for Parks

Under the direction of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, Parks & Streets, for Parks & Recreation shall have supervision and management of the affairs of the division:  the care, control, management and maintenance of all public parks, park approaches, and all areas in public streets, public squares, public grounds and public places designated by the Mayor as park spaces, and of the use thereof, the planting, caring for and removal of trees in all streets and in all public grounds.  S/he shall be charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of all public playgrounds, including pocket playgrounds and tot lots, the regulation of the use thereof and the supervision, management and control of all forms of recreation in such playgrounds and in the public parks.  S/he shall be charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of community houses for instructional, social and recreational purposes.  S/he shall grant permits issued in connection with the use of any of the parks, park approaches and playgrounds.  S/he shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed by any provision of the City Charter or by law or ordinance. 

Salary

$ 115,970