On a recent crisp, autumn afternoon, Ewen Park was growing greener by the hour as 190 new trees took root in celebration of the third annual City of Forest initiative.

Hosted by the Stewards of Ewen Park, in partnership with local organizations and volunteers, the event was one of over 80 eco-focused activities across the city aimed at enhancing and restoring urban green spaces.Read More…

More than 300 trees and shrubs were planted in Prospect Park on Saturday, part of the annual City of Forest Day initiative.Read More…

Sometimes in a city like New York, it can be hard to see the forest for the trees. Not to mention the incredibly dense infrastructure all around. But now organizations across the city are partnering to bring attention to the vast, but fragile, urban forest.Read More…

A local environmental organization is partnering with the NYC Parks Department and Open Space Partners NYC to celebrate the third anniversary of City of Forest Day on Saturday, October 26th.Read More…

Oak trees with leaves like outstretched hands and thick, stately trunks reduce the effects of extreme heat around New York City’s five boroughs by shading sidewalks and sucking up planet-warming carbon.Read More…

Maybe your favorite tree is a stately pin oak or a London plane tree that greets you every time you step outside, or there’s a lush row of American elm trees you walk slightly out of your way to enjoy. The city’s more than 5.7 million trees beautify blocks, boost property values and play an increasingly important role in addressing climate change by cleaning the air, cooling streets and buildings, sopping up flood waters and capturing planet-warming carbon. And trees are an investment with staying power; the city’s oldest planted tree is supposedly an enormous tulip tree in Alley Park Pond in Queens that was a sapling more than 350 years ago.Read More…

The metropolitan region has experienced more extreme heat this summer than usual, and climate experts say it’ll only get worse. But trees — or nature’s air conditioning — can help keep us cool.Read More…

Good planning takes time and resources to be successful. City Hall and agency leadership must get to work to create an Urban Forest Plan that advances the goal of a 30% tree canopy by 2035, and does so equitably.

We stand ready and willing to work with city agencies to get it done.Read More…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ pledge to support urban forests and our city’s open spaces doesn’t square with his recent budget proposals.Read More…

My local Council member and Parks Committee Chair Shekar Krishnan said it best: “We need to make sure that every New Yorker can step outside their front door and have access to a well maintained and high-quality park. That’s not a luxury, that is not a privilege, that is a right.”Read More…