To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First (opens in new tab)

On a breezy Monday morning on a quiet corner of Queens, 11 leafy new neighbors arrived on a truck, fresh from a nursery in Kansas City. Elm, red maple and cherry trees — some with pink blossoms — would be planted next to the sidewalks across a few blocks of Cambria Heights, a suburban-style neighborhood […] The post To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.