Should the City's Million-Tree Plan Get Pruned?
Before we try to get thousands and thousands of new trees to grow in Brooklyn, we should take care of the ones we already have. That’s the gist of a discussion thread started by a poster on the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association Yahoo group who argues the city doesn’t trim existing trees in a timely…
Before we try to get thousands and thousands of new trees to grow in Brooklyn, we should take care of the ones we already have. That’s the gist of a discussion thread started by a poster on the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association Yahoo group who argues the city doesn’t trim existing trees in a timely enough fashion—a task it should be more on top of as the mayor’s ballyhooed plaNYC initiative to plant a million trees starts to take root. CB6 Chair Craig Hammerman weighs in on the discussion by saying there’s a really scary element to the million-tree plan:
It used to be that requests for tree plantings had to have the consent of the property owner or some responsible party at the planting location. Seems like the City doesn’t want to function that way anymore. Now anyone can request that a tree be planted anywhere, property owner be damned…Why force a tree on someone who may very well have a perfectly legitimate reason for not wanting one? As if the trees in this City didn’t have a hard enough time trying to survive a tough urban environment.
Think these are good points? Does the tree-planting initiative impinge on property owners’ rights, and should the city be doing more to take care of our existing trees?
one reasons why someone might not want a tree planted is that the roots of the tree invariably find there way into the sewer main and sometimes even into the foundation.
10:50 and sure. The sidewalks in front of our home had been damaged by city trees. We had city come, they were evaluated (by what standard, I don’t know), and were replaced. For free and within 20 days. Sometimes the city shocks me.
Let’s extend this trees in backyards.
No more concrete backyards! And you’re not allowed to arbitrarily cut down any extent treees.
Speaking as someone who is raking up sticks and leaves today, I hate trees and think they should all be chopped down.
10:50: Would you please explain “we just had ours replaced and city paid in full.” I’m curious as to how or why the city paid for replacement of your sidewalk. Thanks.
But doesn’t a tree GROW in Brooklyn?
10:46 – if you prefer they can use your stoop, just post your address
Thanks
who/what is a FG/TGL?
just get some damn trees in the dirt already.