{"id":40275,"date":"2026-04-28T15:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=40275"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:06:03","slug":"comptroller-levine-issues-report-on-funding-and-managing-nycs-urban-forest-and-tree-canopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/40275","title":{"rendered":"Comptroller Levine issues report on funding and managing NYC\u2019s urban forest and tree canopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: Comptroller Mark Levine released\u00a0New York City\u2019s living infrastructure,\u00a0a report that outlines\u00a0the financial,\u00a0environmental, health and resiliency benefits of a robust urban\u00a0tree\u00a0canopy, and strategies to better\u00a0maintain, grow and fund it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York City\u2019s\u00a07 million\u00a0trees are a vital component of our infrastructure across the five boroughs, and it\u2019s essential we treat them as such,\u201d said\u00a0New York City Comptroller Mark Levine.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking a long-term investment in their care drives down energy costs, asthma rates, and\u00a0damage to our infrastructure.\u00a0New York City can transform the concrete jungle into an urban forest through creative, dedicated efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of a series of announcements during the week of Earth Day, Comptroller Levine\u00a0released a new\u00a0report, New York City\u2019s Living Infrastructure: Funding and Managing NYC\u2019s Urban Forest and Tree Canopy.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0report\u00a0examined the impact of New York City\u2019s\u00a0tree\u00a0population \u2013 notably\u00a0canopies that create a \u201croof\u201d of shade over asphalt and concrete, mitigating extreme heat.<\/p>\n<p>Tree\u00a0canopies\u00a0provide the\u00a0City\u00a0an estimated\u00a0$120.6 million\u00a0in benefits\u00a0annually\u00a0because they reduce cooling costs,\u00a0remove\u00a01,100\u00a0tons of\u00a0air pollutants, and absorb more than 1 billion gallons of storm water.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0report\u00a0also highlights the public health risks associated with inequitable\u00a0canopy\u00a0distribution, as neighborhoods with lower coverage correlate strongly with higher levels of youth asthma emergency department visits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: Comptroller Mark Levine released\u00a0New York City\u2019s living infrastructure,\u00a0a report that outlines\u00a0the financial,\u00a0environmental, health and resiliency benefits of a robust urban\u00a0tree\u00a0canopy, and strategies to better\u00a0maintain, grow and fund it.\u00a0 \u201cNew York City\u2019s\u00a07 million\u00a0trees are a vital component of our infrastructure across the five boroughs, and it\u2019s essential we treat them as such,\u201d said\u00a0New York City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40276,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40275\/revisions\/40276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}