New York to plant 1 million trees in city by 2017
Back in April, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a major plan to green New York City over the next few decades. Among the plan's goals: increase the use of alternative fuels, increase the amount of open space, and plant a million trees by 2017.As of today, one tree down, 999,9999 to go. Mayor Bloomberg and New York Restoration Project founder Bette Midler planted the first tree as part of the city's "Million Trees NYC" campaign. Bloomberg plans to give the parks department $400 million over the next 10 years to plant 600,00 trees on city streets and in public park space.
Private and non-profit groups would be encouraged to kick in the funds for the other 400,000 trees. Of course, Bloomberg won't be in office for another ten years (unlike Chicago, New York has term limits), so there's no guarantee that his plan will be completed by his successors.
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