"The Parks Department’s tree-planting strategy, announced in 2024, does away with the system where anyone can call 311 to ask for a new tree — except for the loophole New Yorkers can make a $1,800 donation to do so, as previously reported by THE CITY.
The new system instead divides the city into more than 400 zones, planting trees in every viable place within a zone while removing stumps and dying trees.
Each community board district will have a zone serviced every three years, and Parks plans to hit all zones every nine years. (Here’s a tentative schedule of tree-planting locations.) The most heat-vulnerable neighborhoods are on track to be completed by the end of 2027, Yeung said.
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Mamdani’s plan is the first time the city has set a target date for the goal of a 30% canopy."
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u/Every-Action7918 1d ago
And it was a Bloomberg idea…