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JaredSeth t1_irx7ws1 wrote

I submitted a request a couple months back because a few years ago our landlord illegally filled in the tree pits in front of our building after the saplings there got damaged. Just received an update recently that said the Parks Department "determined that the requested location cannot receive a new tree because of conflicts with the surrounding infrastructure".

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cdavidg4 t1_irxqb5g wrote

There's a whole set of requirements for planting a street tree. Some of the requirements like offsets from utilities change and mean replacing an old tree is no longer possible. DEP keeps increasing the offsets from their stuff.

https://www.nycgovparks.org/pagefiles/53/Tree-Planting-Standards.pdf

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JaredSeth t1_irxspit wrote

I suppose the requirements on our street might have changed. It's unfortunate because the stretch of the block directly in front of our building is left as the only one without trees now.

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