Last week,
Friends of John Jay Homestead learned that the John Jay
Homestead is on the Governor’s list of New York State parks and historic sites
that are scheduled to be closed unless funding is appropriated from the
Environmental Protection Fund.
For 30 years, Friends of
John Jay Homestead has partnered with New York State Office of Parks Recreation
and Historic
Preservation (OPRHP) to preserve and restore the 62 acre farm of
one of America ’s most illustrious founding fathers. We are enormously
surprised that the John Jay Homestead is even under consideration for
closure.
We are calling upon
our New York State
legislators and the Governor to enact a budget that keeps John
Jay Homestead and other historic sites and parks open. We have
offered to sit down with the OPRHP to work out a way to keep the site
open.We are encouraging our friends to
contact their elected representatives and to ask them to vote for the
funding to keep John Jay Homestead and other parks and sites open
through this budget crisis.
We want to continue
with our active schedule of education programming, special events and
restoration projects that affect the lives of many thousands of New
Yorkers. With short-term stability, the Friends will be able to
continue the job we have been doing so well for 30 years – supporting
the long-term growth of this important site while contributing to the
cultural and economic life of our community.
Here is how you can help:
Click Here to go to the New York League of Conservation Voters page and have an email sent to all the local representatives voicing your support for the State parks and historic sites.
Write or email your legislators (listed below) and tell them what the Homestead
means to you and why it should remain open.
District Office: 250 Broadway
Suite 2307
New York, NY 10007
212-312-1420
Albany Office: LOB 932 Albany, NY 12248 518-455-3791
Senator Vincent
Liebell leibell@senate.state.ny.us Albany Office: Room 313, Legislative Office Building Albany, NY
12247 Phone:
(518) 455-3111
Fax: (518) 426-6977
District Office: 1441 Route 22, Suite 205
Brewster, NY 10509
Phone: (845) 279-3773
District Office: 157 East 104th Street (Ground Level)
New York, New York 10029
Tel: (212)-828-5829
Fax: (212)-828-2420
Albany Office:
848 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
Tel: (518) 455-2795
Fax: (518) 426-6886
BECOME A MEMBER!
Seasons/Hours:
Grounds are open year round from sunrise to
sunset. The historic house is open for tours on the hour during the times listed below or by appointment. The last tour of the day is one hour prior to closing. April - October:
Tuesdays thru Saturdays (10AM - 4PM) Sundays (11AM - 4PM)