10 · FAQ
Questions worth asking.
Is Yonkers Land Conservancy a nonprofit?
Yes. Public nonprofit records identify it as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with EIN 13-3947005.
What does the Conservancy conserve?
Its federal classification is Environmental Quality, Protection and Beautification, with land resources conservation as the activity classification.
Does protected land automatically become a public park?
No. A conservation easement can protect privately owned land, and New York DEC notes that protected areas may be open or closed to public use.
What is the Park Hill connection?
Community reporting says the land-protection effort began as Park Hill Land Conservancy in 1997, changed its name in 2008, and has seven Park Hill building lots under protection.