Council members discovered an unexpected benefit to the project recently when soil testing revealed that the field had contaminants, which will now be removed as part of the artificial turf installation.
With nearly every passing day, more articles with more evidence are being presented, with similar conflicts all over the country, if not internationally.
Leaders of the donor group, Let the Kids Play, made clear in emails that they wanted to assert influence over the city’s Republican party – and the two Republican City Council members -- to win support for artificial turf.
The artificial turf and drainage installation will transform an 82,000-square-foot athletic field on 6.75 acres of city-owned property along Milton Road. It will be the first time that a city-owned field will have artificial turf.
A majority of the Rye City Council signaled their support for a controversial plan to put artificial turf at Nursery Field, after several leaders of a donor group advocating for the project became involved in the local Republican Party.
The best and safest solution for improving Nursery Field is a drainage system and a natural grass surface. We hope the City Council will take this step in the right direction.
Letter: Nursery Field Fundraising is Anti-Democratic