Street Tree Pruning
In November of 1997, Parks embarked on a program of routine block-by-block maintenance for street trees. Then-Mayor Giuliani and the City Council pledged the funds to prune each City tree once every ten years in a planned, systematic, and economically efficient pruning cycle.
Under the new grid maintenance pruning system, each year one-tenth of the trees in each community board will be pruned. By pruning trees in a block-by-block pattern, we are able to make more efficient use of our resources than by pruning in response to geographically disparate public requests. Consequently, Parks no longer takes routine pruning requests.
However, Parks continues to respond on demand to emergency requests. In the event of a tree emergency, please call your borough forestry office.