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New York Launches 132 Energy Efficiency Projects in 2008

New York Plants 33,500 Trees for MillionTreesNYC Initiative

The Achievements

Between 2007 and 2008, City of New York planted 33,501 trees as part of our MillionTreesNYC campaign, of which 11,548 are newly planted street trees. MillionTreesNYC is a citywide, public-private initiative launched in 2007 in partnership with the New York Restoration Project (NYRP). MillionTreesNYC’s goal is to plant and care for one million new trees in the City over the next decade. These include street trees, park trees, and trees on public, private and commercial land. Planners recognize that through this program, the City can enlarge its urban forest by 20 percent. Many of the tree plantings are in areas of the City with low tree cover and above-average asthma rates.