By Annel Hernandez, Shravanthi Kanekal, and Victoria Sanders | October 21, 2021 Our urban forest is a defining feature of New York City, providing New Yorkers with a variety of benefits, from…Read More >
Coalition Calls on Lawmakers to Uplift the Urban Forest and Its Benefits by Supporting the NYC Urban Forest Agenda. Forest for All NYC commends the New York City Council for…Read More >
This episode considers the future of forests and what equity and repair in land management could and should look like. We start with a roundtable on the future of urban…Read More >
By Crystal Cranmore | WABC
There is a renewed effort in NYC to expand access to green space and fight shade inequality.
According to the NYC Health Department, African Americans are twice as likely to die from heat stress as white New Yorkers. To understand this disparity, environmentalists say you can start by counting the trees in your neighborhood.Read More >
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 >
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 >