The Queens Gazette - April 7, 2010
By Cristina Guarino

In April, 2007, a 127-point plan known as PlaNYC was introduced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The plan’s mission is to create and maintain a more environmentally friendly New York City, as well as improve housing and transportation. MillionTreesNYC, one of these 127 steps to a better city, is a program with planting 1,000,000 new trees throughout the city by 2017 as its goal.

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CNN - April 7, 2010
By Joe Vaccarello

Fabian Vazquez is a teenager who spends hours on end climbing trees in New York City's concrete jungle. He's training to become an arborist, a person who focuses on the health and safety of individual plants and trees. "I heard about climbing trees and stuff, and I was like 'Oh wow that's amazing.' You know I always liked working outdoors."

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Queens Chronicle - February 25, 2010
By AnnMarie Costella

Southeast Queens is about to get greener thanks to an initiative aimed at helping homeowners plant trees on their property. Starting this spring, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) will formally launch its Put Down Roots campaign, inviting homeowners with adequate yard space to plant trees on their property — specifically targeting those living in the 11412 and 11434 ZIP codes, which includes St. Albans and Jamaica.

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NYTimes - February 14, 2010
By Sam Dolnick

In New York, a city where tree climbing in public parks is officially considered disorderly conduct, the art of hauling yourself skyward, branch by branch, may be endangered for children and adults alike. Add the modern diversions of mobile gadgets and video games and, as Idiongo Okoro said, “you never really notice the trees.”

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