By Liz Donovan | CityLimits

New York is the third worst city—behind Newark, N.J., and New Orleans, La.—in terms of urban heat islands, with temperatures reaching an average of more than 7.6 degrees higher than less developed areas nearby.Read More…

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On the July 11, 2021 episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5, host Jeff Simmons focused on the environment and climate change with guest Emily Nobel Maxwell, Director of the New York State Cities Program at The Nature Conservancy.Read More…

Forest for All NYC sent a letter to New York City’s elected officials urging them to fully restore funding for forestry in the City’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget and to invest the requested $8 million for nature and resiliency in the Play Fair campaign.Read More…

By Emily Davenport | amNY

Forest for All NYC released a report that gives a clear roadmap for New York City’s urban forest. The coalition aims to create a healthy, accessible, and lasting urban forest in New York City that equitably delivers benefits to all. The group is made up of those committed to environmental justice and conservation, as well as non-profits, businesses, and government leaders and organizations, who spent two years developing the report.Read More…

New York, NY – A new coalition, Forest for All NYC, announced today the release of the NYC Urban Forest Agenda, a first-of-its-kind report that provides a clear, visionary roadmap for New York City’s urban forest. The NYC Urban Forest Agenda is a strategic plan to protect, maintain, expand, and promote the urban forest, and build a more resilient and equitable New York City. A cross-sector group, including environmental justice, conservation, non-profit, business, and government leaders and organizations, spent two years developing the Agenda. Now, the new and growing Forest for All NYC coalition has launched to advance the Agenda’s goals.Read More…