There’s a lot of mint in Strawberry Fields!

Top executives at the Central Park Conservancy — a tax-exempt group that famously manages and maintains the world-renowned park under a contractual agreement with the city — are raking in mounds of green, records show.

President and CEO Elizabeth Smith’s total compensation was $933,592, including her hefty bonus incentive — and 12 other officers pulled in at least $300,000 apiece, according to the group’s 2024 IRS filing for the 2023 calendar year. 4

The year before, Smith’s salary and benefits package came to a cool $1.178 million, while 15 others scored more than $300,000.

Smith earned $740,000 in 2021, a 22% increase from her $605,000 in salary and compensation in 2020.

By comparison, Mayor Eric Adams is paid $258,750 to oversee the

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