With a historic budget for parks and recreation, New York City is crafting strategic plans to increase tree canopy through an environmental justice lens.Read More >
The mayor’s office has approved the highest funding for tree planting in half a decade, officials say, allowing the Parks Department to plant 20,000 trees a year for the next four years. But some councilmembers say that pace isn’t fast enough to keep up with extreme weather events that damage the city’s tree canopy.Read More >
As summer begins, danger lurks behind New Yorkers’ joy at getting back to beaches and parks. Blazing heat is expected to blanket most of the country, setting records as it has for several years running.Read More >
The South Bronx is short on trees. But new saplings are growing in the borough following tree giveaways in Mott Haven and Melrose, both hosted by the New York Restoration Project.Read More >
Dozens gathered on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan Thursday morning to call on Mayor Eric Adams to fulfill his campaign pledge to commit 1% of the city’s budget to the operations of the Parks Department.Read More >
Es un plan que coincide con lo que activistas en defensa del medio ambiente, como Sergio Moncada, gerente de la organización Forest for all NYC, le han estado pidiendo al gobierno de la ciudad durante décadas.
“Los parques, los árboles, las arboledas nos sirve de descanso. Especialmente eso fue muy claro durante la pandemia y continúa siendo claro”, explica Moncada. Agregó que además de servir como áreas de recreación, los espacios verdes reducen las altas temperaturas y ayudan a prevenir inundaciones.Read More >
by Anne Quito | Oculus
New York City exists in the imagination as a concrete jungle. But walk several blocks in any direction, and you’ll soon discover a thriving green infrastructure of oaks, elms, maples, sweetgums, and poplars amid skyscrapers and other buildings.Read More >
By Tequila Minsky | amNewYork
On Monday in City Hall Park, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, flanked by Bronx BP Vanessa Gibson and Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso announced a vision to plant a “Million More Trees” across the five boroughs over the next decade. Read More >
Vanessa Murdock | CBSNewYork
New York City Needs more trees.
That’s the message from all five borough presidents Monday.
CBS2’s Vanessa Murdock reports on their “Million More Trees” initiative.Read More >
By Bobby Cuza | Spectrum News NY1
The job of borough president is often described as a ceremonial one, without much political muscle. But the city’s five borough presidents hope that by joining forces they can effect change — in this case, creating a greener, more resilient city by planting a million new trees across the five boroughs.Read More >