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A beautiful old cherry tree in my backyard has 1/3 of its branches overhanging my next door neighbor’s backyard. They have complained about it to us before: they dislike the pink blossoms floating into their yard. To appease them, we have had it trimmed but for the short time that it is in bloom, the wind does blow the blossoms into their yard…a pretty high level problem, if you ask me. Today, another neighbor alerted me that the complaining neighbor has now hired a tree cutting service to cut down all the branches on their property. This will most likely kill the tree and at the very least will severely compromise its health. I’ve read the NY Times article on this site but it does not address NY legal laws. What can I do to stop them from cutting a significant number of branches?

I also wonder if anyone has tried to landmark a tree?

In the interim, short of sitting in the tree, which I plan to do tomorrow, what legal steps can I take to prevent them from cutting the tree?

Advice appreciated!