Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the appointment of respected city planner Mitchell Silver as the city’s new parks commissioner, Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing his new Parks Commissioner Mitchell ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $130m plan to upgrade New York’s neglected parks has put the spotlight on a commissioner who likes to go incognito to see how people use ‘his’ green spaces. Emma Brockes joins ...

Mitchell Silver doesn’t just run in the city’s parks. He runs them too. As the New York City Parks commissioner, Silver manages the operations behind the city’s 1,700 parks. But outside the office, he ...

Rockaway residents could walk along a new boardwalk sooner than expected, the city’s Parks Commissioner said. Months after officials announced a 2017 completion date for a 5-mile stretch of the ...

Mitchell J. Silver on his lifelong love of New York City parks — along with global inspirations for ones yet to come. By John L. Dorman Mr. Silver works out at the gym, takes his camera to various ...

At a parks planning forum at Pratt Wednesday evening, Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver touched on the question of wealthy parks conservancies contributing funds to poorer parks, but remained vague ...

NEW YORK — You won’t find Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver in his office all the time. Whether it be kicking off pool season with a dip, sliding down a snowy hill on a snow day, or recycling a ...