QUESTION
What are the details of the funding and tree planting initiatives by the NYC Parks Department?
4:08:40
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The NYC Parks Department has a baseline of $10 million and additional funding totaling $51.85 million for tree planting in fiscal year 2024.
- The department planted over 14,000 trees in the previous year.
- It expects to meet or exceed that number in the current year.
- This represents the highest level of tree planting since fiscal year 2017.
- Recent announcements about planting trees did not involve additional funding allocations.
Gale Brewer
4:08:40
Trees, trees, Yes.
4:08:43
Thank you.
4:08:43
It takes forever to plant the tree too.
4:08:45
God damn.
Sue Donoghue
4:08:46
Yes.
4:08:47
So in terms of we have baseline $10,000,000 in May or planting in the rural funding.
4:08:52
Per year.
4:08:54
Yes.
4:08:54
That's baseline, but we have a total of 44,000,000 in the rural funding for planting in FY 'twenty 4 and an additional $7,850,000.
4:09:06
We are really pleased with the fact that we have than planting record number of trees.
4:09:11
Last year, it was over 14,000 trees, and we're expecting to meet or exceed that number this year.
4:09:17
So we are well on our way.
4:09:20
This is more tree planting than we've done since FY17.
4:09:24
So we're planting more trees, and we'll continue to do so.
Gale Brewer
4:09:27
Okay.
4:09:27
And that includes a whatever the borrowed president's $1,000,000 trees.
4:09:30
I think they're just counting your trees.
Vickie Paladino
4:09:32
Mhmm.
Sue Donoghue
4:09:33
Yes.
4:09:33
I would imagine that number was something attached
Gale Brewer
4:09:35
to that.
4:09:35
So Oh, do
Sue Donoghue
4:09:37
you mean what the our president's announced?
4:09:39
Yes.
Gale Brewer
4:09:39
I didn't see any 3.
4:09:40
I just heard an announcement.
Sue Donoghue
4:09:42
That was just an announcement that was not funding.
4:09:44
Thank you.
4:09:45
Yes.