In Joint Effort, City’s Borough Presidents Push the Mayor to Plant a Million More Trees
The five borough presidents may not always see eye to eye on every policy issue, but there is one thing they agree on: New York City needs more trees.
“Trees cross party lines and geographic lines. They are the great uniter,” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine told City Limits.
On Feb. 10, the officials from each borough delivered a joint letter addressed to Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi and shared exclusively with City Limits asking the administration to prioritize the One Million More Trees Initiative—their campaign and rare alliance, started in February of last year, that aims to plant that many new trees by 2030.
This is “the only issue that all five of the borough presidents have spoken in unity on,” said Levine.
Wait Times for NYCHA Apartments Doubled Last Year, As Number of Vacant Units Climb The length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has climbed in recent years, one of many factors exacerbating the city’s affordable housing crisis, lawmakers say. “They just say it’s not ready,” said one resident currently living in a homeless shelter who has been waiting more than 10 months to move into the NYCHA unit she was approved for. Read the story.
City Limits Announces Two Additions to its Reporting Staff The nonprofit newsroom expands staff to support its in-depth reporting on New York City housing issues, and launches a new beat focused exclusively on NYCHA. Read the story.
Opinion: MTA Must Reinstate the Mask Mandate on Access-A-Ride “With the mask mandate lifted, Access-A-Ride users face the unimaginable choice between risking their lives to simply get where they need to get or going back to isolating themselves in their homes.”Read the story.
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