New York City cut 200 healthy trees would have for luxury accommodation

A famous activist said the project "wears all the characteristics of a crime".


Over the last month, the City of New York City Housing Authority (Nycha) has reduced more than 200 healthy and living hardwood trees to make room for a controversial luxury development plan, thePost of New York reports.

The plan to strengthen market and retail apartments alongside the city of New York, called Baruch Houses has received folds because it happened in 2013. In February of this year, theNew York daily newsObtained internal documents indicating that Nycha was looking for 175,000 square feet of new luxury housing near the development of public housing.

At a meeting of the 2013 Community Council,Aixa Torres, President of the Development of Public Housing Smith Houses,Called the movement "A crossing." "When no one wanted to live here, we stayed," she said. "If you want a war, you have a war."

And the community has delivered. Since the introductory work of old hardwood trees started in March 2019, people and environmental activists have progressed. According toPost of New York, a long-standing resident of the region was so upset that he torn the yellow ribbon that the workers had attached to the trees that were about to be torn.

On Twitter, groups of environmental activists called mayorBill of Blasio, who announced New York City Monday from New York, while trees were destroyed at a few miles.

"I hope organizations are fighting for climate change, see through the mayor's lies", "Unsates Twitter@ msbritt_305 wrote. "Days after advertising his new green transaction, he killed 100 trees in Baruch Houses."

Some pointed out that the tear of trees was not the only option. There are companies, likeEnvironmental design, which specializes in massive trees transplantation. "We have transplanted many giant trees well above 1 million pounds, including the largest world tree ever moved", reads their website.

Even workers to tear trees are dissatisfied with the project. "It's a terrible thing to kill healthy and living trees," said an anonymous worker at thenew YorkTo post. "I asked Nycha's official why it was happening and no reason was given."

Michael Gardiniaa spokesman for Nycha, saysBetter lifethat the decision was part of their "$ 200 million of investment forRecovery and resilience Working, "With regard to Hurricane Sandy, who caused serious damage to New York City in 2012. He said trees should be eliminated to facilitate flood resistance for existing buildings in the region. and updating their warmth and warm water. Systems. Gardinia added that "once all the work related to its sandy are completed, Nycha will plant development trees".

When contacted on the situation,Richard Powers, an American novelist who has just won the Pulitzer Prize forArea, which explores deforestation, published the following statement toBetter life:

"A beautiful full and full hardwood shady tree adds an unknown wealth in a city street. Kill a serious thing. To kill two hundred from them, quickly and unilaterally, without public consent or adequate consultation For a fragile reason, wears all the characteristics of a crime. "

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