The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy is a

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with offices on

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, that works in partnership with the

National Parks of New York Harbor National Parks of New York Harbor is the name of an office of the National Park Service that coordinates administration of eleven NPS sites that include 23 unique destinations located in the New York metropolitan area. National Parks of New York ...

(NPNH). Its 2006 revenues (mostly donations) were $1.255 million.Guidestar
/ref> The conservancy embodies a public-private partnership with the NPNH, sanctioned as its primary partner under a U.S. Department of the Interior General Agreement. The NPNH is a designation given to the 10 national park system units making up 23 unique destinations in four boroughs of

(

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and

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), Westchester, and

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. These sites spread around

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include such icons as the

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and

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and host approximately 12 million visitors annually. The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy states as its primary goal the forging of increased waterborne transportation connections to inner and outer harbor park destinations. The Conservancy is also involved in the development of programs, capital projects and activities aimed at thematically connecting the sites to each other and to other places on the waterfront. The Conservancy’s founders are

Marian Sulzberger Heiskell Marian Sulzberger Heiskell (born Marian Effie Sulzberger; December 31, 1918March 14, 2019) was an American newspaper executive, philanthropist and former owner of the New York Times. Early life She was born Marian Effie Sulzberger on December 31, ...

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and Marie Salerno. The entity is a founding member of the City of New York’s Harbor District Advisory Board, a consortium of inner harbor parks in support of cooperative initiatives including transportation linkages among federal, state and city parks.

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New York Harbor Conservancy

National Park Service Nature conservation in the United States Port of New York and New Jersey