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Too late, Nanny State–it’s gone. Forum readers might recall a debate a couple weeks ago in this space about the 50-foot pine tree in our front yard, crowding a much prettier tree and totally obscuring our house. We sought an estimate from Prospect Tree–the guy refused to touch the pine, saying it “might be a city tree” even though it was clearly on our property. He then bid $1300 to do some pruning on two other trees in front and back. No thanks. (Obviously he didn’t want the job.) We then got a bid from New York Tree & Shrub Co. (718-358-4728), which sent a crew three days later, took out the pine, did a great job on the additional pruning, and charged $600 total. Cleaned up nicely, too. Highly recommended. Yard looks 100% better. Cheers!