When my father took me to New Rochelle in 1969, there were still farms everywhere. It really felt like another world.
Not anymore, obviously.
But thanks to a lot of dedicated people, the Nature Conservancy, the local chapters of Sierra Club, former governors and yes, even Gov. Pataki (he helped save Sterling Forest, among other achievements), New York State has more green space in it, proportionally and otherwise, than many other states in the Union...