Bond proposal would pay for improvements at U-Med park

People who live near a neighborhood park in the U-Med district are hoping the city can help make it a safer place. Folker Park, on East 42nd Street, was created in the mid-1990s, but resident Barbara Garner, who was instrumental in getting the park started, said things have changed a lot since then.
“We didn’t have a homeless problem then, that was not the situation, ” said Garner.
Garner said neighbors no longer use the park because they are afraid. In the summer months, she s