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Have a say in New York City's first Urban Forest Plan!

Dappled light shines through pink cherry blossoms as visitors walk through Sunset Park. Adjacent apartment buildings are visible through the trees.
Cherry trees in bloom in Sunset Park. Source: NYC Parks.
¡Participa en el primer Plan de Bosque Urbano de la Ciudad de Nueva York!

New York City is developing its first Urban Forest Plan and your feedback is critical to its success.


The urban forest includes the more than seven million trees that span New York City’s streets, yards, parks, campuses, businesses, and natural areas. It’s an important part of our city, meant to be accessible to all.

A drawing that shows all the different types of trees present in a city, from forested natural areas as the most forested, to landscaped parks, to trees in the yards of buildings, to street trees planted along the sidewalk.
Diagram of different types of tree canopy in the urban forest. Source: Natural Areas Conservancy.
​​​Led by the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) in collaboration with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (NYC Parks), City Parks Foundation, Natural Areas Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy, the Urban Forest Plan will outline strategies to equitably expand the city’s tree canopy to 30%, an initiative in PlaNYC, the city’s long-term climate plan, aimed at addressing extreme heat.

A healthy, resilient, and robust urban forest will also improve air quality, help absorb stormwater, and reduce other climate threats.

As the City embarks on the plan, it’s looking for input from New Yorkers from all five boroughs to ensure it addresses the unique needs, concerns, and strengths of all our neighborhoods and communities.

We invite New Yorkers 18 and older to complete this survey to add their voices to this planning process. This survey is anonymous, but at the end, you have the option to provide your contact information if you want to be involved with tree care or future planning opportunities.

The questionnaire will be open until June 16, 2025
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