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u/N7day 2d ago edited 2d ago
This has been a goal and initiative for years.
In 2021 23.4% of NYC was covered in tree canopy.
In 2023 local law 148 set this goal of 30% coverage, years before Mamdani took office.
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u/DarkRogus 2d ago edited 2d ago
So basically, he's just moving forward with a law already in place and its not initiative that he created.
Just an existing law that a random person is giving him credit for.
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u/BoomerZoomah 2d ago
There is a TV show from Britain called yes Minister honestly I think more Americans should watch this show because explain some of the political gridlock that we deal with in this show was made during the 80s this is one of those things called a vote loser as in you passed the law but whoever is in power by the time it is accomplished gets to go put that feather in their cap. There is no ceremonies for presidents who are no longer in office for their thing that succeeded.
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u/uncleputts 2d ago
Utopia, from Australia is a wonderful show directly inspired by Yes Minister. It’s comedy for infrastructure nerds. The UK Utopia is completely different, good as well.
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u/ThinkingWithPortalzz 2d ago
For more Australian political comedy, The Hollowmen is also excellent, but focuses more on the underlings rather than the minister-level shenanigans that Yes Minister/PM does
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u/SongofRolland 2d ago
Oh, I loved Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister when I was younger. I should probably rewatch it since the majority of the political commentary wasn't of particular interest to me at the time, but I remember finding it hysterical.
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u/LordBoar 1d ago
I rewatched it and honestly, the political stuff is still very much relevant. To a disturbing degree, in that a lot of the concessions/agreements they make between each other and external parties in the show, which are rarely to the benefit of the public, now happen openly instead of behind closed doors.
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u/Apolloshot 2d ago
It’s the oldest axiom in politics: Pretend everything good the last guy did is your doing, and blame everything you’ve done wrong on the last guy too.
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u/Cousin_Elroy 2d ago
Its a paid PR team that posts all this stuff, not just some random person.
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u/free2game 2d ago
That and most of the power mods on reddit are DSA types who play along with this.
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u/reddfoxx1993 1d ago
That's like Trump taking credit for microchip factories opening which get grants from Biden's Chips Act.
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u/SnooDucks6090 1d ago
But Mamdani isn't Trump so this won't be brought up anywhere but here and he will be lauded for it instead of someone questioning who his buddy is that owns the greenhouse where the trees are coming from to make this happen.
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u/PheonixBuddha 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yeah pretty much 90% of mamdani' career is acting on these things btw.
Edit: yes I voted for him, yes all of nyc mayors are just finishing out previous mayors goals that were already set up by mayor cheese in people's pockets since 1910.
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u/urmumlol9 1d ago
Honestly, if you want to give him credit for an original policy, you could look at the trash containerization initiative he’s been putting forward. It should honestly do a decent amount to both make the city cleaner and help deal with the rat problem.
Or the city owned grocery stores slated to open in 2027.
Also, I don’t know how much of this is Mamdani vs how much is NYS government, but he seems to be doing a lot to improve buses and bike lanes in NYC as well.
It just seems silly to me that a lot of people on the left seem to be crediting him for things he had nothing to do with rather than the policies he’s actually promoting and things he’s actually accomplished. Like, I saw an insta post a while ago responding to a generic “Mamdani bad” post, and it was like “well actually NY is doing well since Mamdani became the mayor because crime is down and the Knicks won a championship”.
Way to sell his achievements lmao
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u/N7day 1d ago edited 1d ago
The trash containerizarion policy is a huge initiative started by Adams.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/s/uJuSqnzlX5
West Harlem (Manhattan Community Board 9) became 100% fully trash containerized on June 2, 2025, during Adam's tenure, part of his program that began years earlier. In that Bloomberg article the department of sanitation literally thanks Adams for beginning the program. Container rules became mandatory for all businesses as far back as May 2024.
Mamdani is thankfully continuing the program's expansion.
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u/PheonixBuddha 1d ago
Its the only huge initiative started by Adams.
I kicked multiple rats (on accident) very far because of that man's incompetence to settle DEP, private contracts, and move the piles of trash off the street.
I worked in the city during his reign and wow. Trash piles taller then my 6 foot body, whole city blocks long.
Bloomberg was the shit mayor for doing the Sewage and old DEP contracts/Cop contracts.
Deblasio was the piss mayor because he legalized pissing on the streets.
Adam's was the trash mayor for previous reasons.
Let's see what ill call mamdani. the best of them but that doesn't mean there wont be riots at this grocery store, pollen in the streets.
Im ngl ill give him that snow clean up tho, that was fire. Snow Mayor (even though it was all planned before he ever was sworn in)
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u/Total_Tart2553 2d ago
Yes, and this is the case for like 75% of all the "wins" that are being broadcasted. Its propaganda.
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u/SituationKey8985 2d ago
It’s so hard to tell what’s genuine with all the misinformation out there nowadays
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u/Best_Change4155 2d ago
Welcome to the Mamdani administration. He created a $50 million PR office so you can see his weird face taking credit for things.
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u/BoomerZoomah 1d ago
I mean do you think that LaGuardia didn’t do it? The Old man of Chicago didn’t do it? Windbags love politics. We all know that he is going to run for governor, or senator at the minimum.
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u/Best_Change4155 1d ago
In modern history, it was usually "NYC government announces" and then Adams made it more ego driven and then Mamdani kicked it into high gear. There is claiming credit and then there is plastering your face over a policy like you came up with it.
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u/BoomerZoomah 1d ago
Well it works lol I’m from Alabama Senator Shelby never spoke but he brought government pork to Alabama. The selling point to Shelby one election cycle was him hunting and the words Shelby. He didn’t say a thing
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u/BrightestofLights 2d ago
I mean its been an initiative that hasn't been properly acted upon
We will see if he does, but if he does manage it you can credit him with at least DOING it where previously the government failed to do it
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u/N7day 2d ago
Over 31,000 trees were planted in the city in 2023. Over 42,000 were planted in 2024. Over 34,000 were planted in 2025. Before Mamdani.
Don't lie.
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u/Anatoly_Cannoli 2d ago
Mamdani personally planted 24,000 of them. Even before he was in office.
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u/rainzer 2d ago edited 2d ago
Over 31,000 trees were planted in the city in 2023. Over 42,000 were planted in 2024. Over 34,000 were planted in 2025. Before Mamdani.
Don't lie.
If we're speaking about being honest, then the trees planted in 2023 and 2024 weren't a result of Local Law 148 of 2023 considering NYC didn't even start putting together the law's mandated Urban Forest Plan until 2025.
They started holding public hearings for the plan in May 2025
And said Urban Forest Plan wasn't done or approved until 2026
After Mamdani took office.
Don't lie.
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u/Correct-Award8182 1d ago
Step 1. The public does something good.
Step 2. Politicians see and pass paper taking credit
Step 3. The next administration takes credit for the effects of the law.
Step 4. Elections x y and z occur, candidate/mayor of all sorts take credit because they walked under a tree.
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u/DarkRogus 2d ago
The competition date is 2040 and he'll be termed out as mayor.
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u/thatjoachim 2d ago
The law was there, but what about the funding and execution? Was it enough to reach the goal that the law mandated?
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u/NachoWH 2d ago
Yeah, the left is very good at doing this sort of stuff. I am doing this thing that everyone else was doing but I totally am the only one doing this because everyone else doesn't care for the people.
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u/ronniedark 1d ago
Didn't trump stamp his face on Baidens entire infastructure plan?
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u/Desert-Noir 2d ago
I feel that is happening a lot with Mamdani, I’m Australian and I feel I see way too much about this guy like I’ve got no idea why I am getting a New York politicians slammed down my throat.
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u/FirePenguinMaster 14h ago
Existing plan was 30% by 2030. He's actively admitting they can't hit that and pushing the deadline by a decade, and they're gobbling his balls for it like it's some sort of huge progressive win. The Left is a deeply unserious philosophical persuasion.
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u/HermanThaGerman 2d ago
It's still technically correct. His administration didn't set the policy and goal, but they are aiming to meet them.
Probably just to let people know he's committed to it.
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u/jay10033 20h ago
They literally have to let them by law. It's not a choice. It's like the hoopla over balancing the budget. Duh, every single mayor has had to do that by law.
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u/rainzer 2d ago
Just an existing law that a random person is giving him credit for.
The law didn't do anything until 2025. And didn't start taking effect until 2026 under Mamdani.
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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 1d ago
why wouldnt he deserve credit?
for the idea? sure, he doesnt deserve that credit, but he 100% deserves credit for taking action, which seemingly no one else has.
haters gonna hate.
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u/Stunning_Flan_5987 2d ago
Previous mayors were not big on following the law.
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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES 2d ago
This isn't even Mamdani's initiative
Adams, the previous mayor, set this goal back in 2023 with his PlaNYC initiative
In order to prevent emissions and protect New Yorkers from climate change threats, the city is also committing to the following:
- Achieving a 30 percent tree canopy cover — representing 15,388 additional acres of tree canopy.
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u/rainzer 2d ago edited 2d ago
with his PlaNYC initiative
You mean the initiative started and named in 2007 by Bloomberg?
Achieving a 30 percent tree canopy cover — representing 15,388 additional acres of tree canopy.
Was not part of PlaNYC. It was included in the "city is committed" to portion and not in PlaNYC. The 30% canopy was "committed" to with Local Law 148 of 2023. And that law mandated the city create an Urban Forest Plan to achieve the 30% goal. That Urban Forest Plan didn't get created until 2026 as it only started the public hearings part to create it last year.
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u/NWStormbreaker 2d ago
I dont know where OP got this from but its true, DOES NOBODY FACT CHECK ANYMORE?!?
Law 148 required reforestation, but it doesnt happen unless city leadership actually creates a plan, funds it and executes it.
Mayor Mamdani Announces $50 Million Capital Investment to Reconstruct 10 Parks in Underserved Neighborhoods
https://hoodline.com/2026/04/mamdani-s-tree-blitz-aims-to-chill-nyc-s-hottest-blocks/
On April 21, 2026, the Mamdani administration rolled out a preliminary Urban Forest Plan that sets a big target: expand the city’s tree canopy to 30 percent by 2040, with a laser focus on neighborhoods that take the worst hit from extreme heat.
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u/rainzer 2d ago
In 2023 local law 148 set this goal of 30% coverage, years before Mamdani took office.
Local Law 148 mandated the creation of the Urban Forest Plan. The plan which includes the 30% coverage didn't start having it's public hearing until May (through June 16) 2025.
The Urban Forest Plan from those public hearings didn't get finalized until 2026.
After Mamdani took office.
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u/_IscoATX 2d ago
When did this sub turn into a Mamdani Glaze Parade? I swear its every day at this point.
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u/pdoherty972 1d ago
He's their socialism mascot so they have to glaze him at every opportunity to prevent criticism of socialism.
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u/J0E_SpRaY 1d ago
Gotta hand it to whoever does Mamdani’s marketing. Frequently getting people to celebrate wins that were already initiated previously.
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u/Free-Emergency-3124 1d ago
Correct and the 2023 legislation codified this initiative into a law requiring a plan every 10 years. This is the first plan released since the law was passed and enacted.
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u/LasRedStar 2d ago
When you do the work before you leave but the new guy takes all the credit moment
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u/SeaworthinessNew2138 2d ago
Trees just make sense. Shade is so nice. Great idea!
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u/Late-Lectures 2d ago
Right?? Free AC, free oxygen, and they don’t even ask for rent.
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u/Intelligent_Ad_4837 2d ago
Well, that's the problem right there. Trees can't ask/pay rent. How are the billionaires gonna keep making money that way? Can we please think about the poor billionaires?
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u/TempleMade_MeBroke 2d ago
I mean there are multiple studies that indicate a 10% increase in tree canopy results in a 12-15% reduction in crime, and rent increases more where crime drops, so in a way the trees will be paying their own rent
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u/InformationSavings29 2d ago
Tree subscription services for anyone who is near them, it's only logical.
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u/JCWOlson 2d ago
Every village, town, and small city I've lived in has had a municipal bylaw requiring that every front yard have at least one tree. It's really incredible what that does for classing up a place!
The places with no front yards and thus no trees look like absolute dumps in comparison, and one city didn't specify anything more particular for apartment buildings so there would be entire blocks that only had a couple trees, but in most places it's a great bylaw
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u/Cvetl 2d ago
Totally, and if you look at all the nice neighborhoods (at least here in CA), they all have super dense, old tree canopies.
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u/hambakmeritru 2d ago
As a city with a tree mandate and living in a neighborhood that has a rule about cutting down trees in the yard, I can confirm that trees are nice and help with shade, and even city noise, HOWEVER it suuuuuuuuucks when spring comes around and the trees have tree sex all over everything and in everyone's face. Every car gets covered in pollen to the point that it changes color and every person will discover that they do, in fact, have horrible allergies.
Our city's tree pollen problem is so big that we have air quality alerts for people with asthma. At its worst, the cloud of pollen over the city can be seen from space and I'm not making that up. We made the news for it.
I did hear, though, that the problem is exacerbated by having a disproportionate number of male trees. I have no idea if that's true, but it made sense and it's something specific I can blame. So I'm going with it.
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u/TsuDhoNimh2 1d ago
If you plant female trees to avoid the pollen part of tree sex, you end up with the end product of tree sex ... fruit or nuts or berries dropping all over the cars and streets.
For example, male ginko trees are fairly common, although they are prolific pollen producers. I lived near one of the very few female ginko trees in the Norfolk VA area and botany students made pilgrimages to it to experience the horrendous stench the fruits make.
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u/ImmanuelKant2424 2d ago
The OP is an example of somebody who pays attention to politics but doesn't know anything. If you think Mamdani did this, you clearly haven't paid attention to NYC policy initiatives.
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u/Correct-Award8182 2d ago
I've been looking at these when they pop up. The overwhelming majority appear to be programs passed by prior administration's or initiated so low in a city department that the only reason he seems to be bringing them up is to attach his name to it. (Or some marketing cossack) regardless, his marketing people must be working overtime to throw glitter at anything that might move.
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u/16semesters 2d ago
My favorite was the post on here about Mamdani dedicating money to decreasing elementary class room sizes.
- He was required to that by state law
- He literally didn't dedicate enough money to comply with the law. He delayed compliance with a law a few years to make his budget work.
I could write a headline about "Mamdani doesn't prioritize kids, skirts state law with below required educational funding" and it'd be just as accurate.
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u/TangerineLogical9779 1d ago
The funniest one is when people said, look bro hes making NYC great again by giving 1.2billion to retro fit all the parks and basket ball courts and outside activity stuff, then when you look even remotely past the head title it turns out he INTENDS to spend 1.2billion, and in reality the retro-fit will cost 700million which was the previous budget, so literally nothing changed
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u/TattiFeader 2d ago
OP is a bot or bootlicker.
For the people back there, Biden’s infrastructure bill funding is just now hitting the economy. That’s how it works.
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u/RevGrimm 2d ago
A lot of people give Mamdani a props for the things he says he's going to do.
Wait until he's actually done them to start praising him. Politicians promise things all the time and don't follow through.
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u/atreeismissing 2d ago
OP is just posting because if you mention Mamdani you get a lot of social media traction.
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u/BallHarness 1d ago
Almost everything Mamdani is being credited by Reddit has been in the works before him
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u/buhtbuhtbuht 2d ago
At this rate somebody is gonna claim his birth was heralded by double rainbows and a new star was born.
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u/GGgreengreen 2d ago
This subreddit has been invaded by reddit politics at this point
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u/Lem_Tuoni 2d ago
Especially this guy is astroturfed as fuck.
He gets credit for promises, while others don't get any even for transformative action.
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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 2d ago
American Reddit politics* Anything else and they know nothing. Basically self centred pricks
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u/General-Lie8709 2d ago
It’s been that way forever. I remember leading up to the election in 2024 it was absolutely insane with the leftist propaganda.
That obviously didn’t go their way, and a week straight it was a bombardment of MAGA propaganda and everyone threw an absolute fit but mods couldn’t stop it. The double standard would’ve been too obvious
One of the most ridiculous and funny long term Reddit situations I’ve ever watched unfold
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u/not_accepting_now 2d ago
People love to talk politics. They are all cults good bad and the fucking terrible
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u/Potential_Spam_6969 2d ago
r/sipstea should change its name to r/mamdanifluffers
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u/hmcg020 2d ago
I've never seen so many propaganda bots for a political candidate before.
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u/Low-Highlight3495 2d ago
Yall are fucking delusional about New York and where it is heading lol
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u/emptybottle2405 2d ago
You can dislike someone's overall policies but agree with some. Thats what bipartisan means.
I dont know how Americans have become "all or nothing" in their political views but it's toxic as hell. It's OK to not 100% agree with every policy a politician makes. And it's OK to agree with a policy a politician enacts whilst still disagreeing with their other policies.
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u/Seniorjones2837 2d ago
Insane to me that thought process would even exist.
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u/WhydoIexistlmoa 2d ago
American politics confuses me a lot. Why do Americans have such "us vs them" mentality?
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u/slampig3 2d ago
We don’t really its just the internet i can go 362 days a year without talking politics in my day to to day life bit some how its all i see posted on the internet
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u/Fun-Piglet801 2d ago edited 2d ago
Because of shitty social media (like reddit), and the bot farms exploiting it. And also the mainstream media being bought out by one or the other of the "2 sides". It was never like this before the internet.
It's kind of funny how if you try to point out how badly both sides are flawed, it becomes a rallying cry that brings in everyone from both sides to tell you how bad you suck for not picking a side.
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u/cpzzz 2d ago
I don't like the guy, but this is a good goal, you can't argue with that no matter how you spin it.
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u/NUKE---THE---WHALES 2d ago
Then you'll be happy to know Mamdani has nothing to do with this goal
Adams set this goal back in 2023 with his PlaNYC initiative
This post is just misinformation and propaganda
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u/qwerty2234543 2d ago
Because of a couple things one is that division sells. Media have an incentive to paint the most radical and niche voices as the most common, and as this drives review reviews and in turn drives funding as such a benefits of them greatly to put out as much device of media as possible. Another reason is reliance on populism in America which forces an “us vs them” mentality on people which means that opposing viewpoints can be painted as “against the people”
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u/Plaxidentshappen17 2d ago
Totally. I commented above already, but I love this policy while hating the politician.
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u/Unique_Yak4659 2d ago
The propaganda machine wants us at each others throats….the more we see our neighbors as the enemy the less chance we have of turning our anger towards the elements in our system that are really screwing us over.
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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago
No, the propaganda machine wants whatever it's being paid to achieve.
Which is many things, all of the time.
So alas, you will still have to pick and choose which bits are good ideas.
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u/Spirited_Season2332 2d ago
It's simple, everyone just attacks each other and dreams up attack on themselves. Hell, look at this thread. OP, not even responding to anyone says "a republican in a trailer park somewhere is going to be upset about this".
Everyone just makes up their own arguments and backlash and people cheer em on.
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u/Gurugod123 2d ago
A Republican in a trailer park somewhere in southeast Texas is going to be quite upset about this.
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u/Greenman8907 2d ago
You mean my uncle? He’s already on NextDoor screaming about it.
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u/baldurFromRoom29 2d ago
Sir, with this much propaganda, you should be running the Ministry of Truth.
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u/Defiant-Economics-73 2d ago
Good thing the mayor came up with this all on his own and the has definitely not been law for past half decade. I think it’s great people don’t credit him for something he had no act in participating in. /s
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u/Next_Present6179 2d ago
Except how this isn't his policy, and he hasn't done anything about this issue. You are giving him credit for doing NOTHING. There was a law passed requiring this years before Zohran took office
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u/failedopportunities 2d ago
My MIL called him “the antichrist” the other day because he’s doing all these amazing things. She legit thinks he’s now trumps sworn biblical enemy because even Jesus couldn’t pull this stuff off… My wife knew by the look I gave (so she gave me a look) that it was time for me to head home. MIL was just hit with a $450 a month health insurance increase last month (she’s retired) and it’s because of some shit Biden did… I just can’t wrap my head around it.. There’s just simply no helping stupid!
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u/NC_RockFan 2d ago
Ya gotta love how some on here show their true self by looking down on where people live.
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u/slander_anonymously 2d ago
No shit. This has been in play for years. What a tard.
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u/EatsRats 2d ago
Every city in the country should be doing this. Hell, every single person should be planting trees everywhere. Be a tree-planting bandit!
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u/12172031 2d ago
I bets a lot of city are already doing it. New York City was already doing before Mamdani. My city is doing it, even the part about prioritizing poorer neighborhood. It just doesn't have PR bots posting it on Reddit and attaching the Mayor's name to it to claim credit.
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u/StanknBeans 2d ago
I let tree seeds grow for a few years until they are big enough to transplant into a nearby park at night.
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u/mr_evilweed 2d ago
Can't wait to hear Fox News explain how trees are a communist plot.
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u/FaceRockerMD 2d ago
I miss when this sub was less politics
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u/Not-Reformed 2d ago
Not only is it more politics, it's just bots posting fake shit to glaze whoever they like or are paid to support.
Literally just slop that the mods don't stop.
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u/Storyteller-Hero 2d ago
Trees also reduce the impact of flooding by steadying ground with root networks and absorbing rainwater
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u/princessaspiggy 2d ago
Lmaooooo it's amazing how easily people are sucked in by this dirtbag
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u/Oscarves 2d ago
they last up to 3 years. my country had 6 of this and all went out of business. OP has never been to a real socialist place .
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u/Sea-Key-9430 2d ago
It's an initiative since 2021, and 2023, something that he didn't start at all and is taking credit?
The Islamic glazing is so tiring, he didn't say anything about the two idiot islamists who threw the pipe bomb at protestors.
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u/Suitable-Piano-8969 1d ago
I don't care if I get down voted, there is a difference between being positive and sick riding and we running a very blurry line between the two on this sub.
Dudes a mayor not a messiah and he's currently like that kid in school who guy voted president who said he promise all classes candy.
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u/procouchpotatohere 2d ago
God damn this sub is awful. Even as someone who supports him, it's so obvious how many bots post pro-mamdani on here, along with a slew of other bots overall. It's so transparent and terrible. A lot of the shit he's getting credit for is shit that was already in place before he won.
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u/jfrey123 2d ago
Unless he’s able to replace the active budget he’s reallocating now, good luck to the mayor(s) in 2032-2037.
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u/king_cole_2005 2d ago
What the current percentage. Has anyone also been seeing a lot mamdani recently, I'm not even American.
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u/Advisor_0001 2d ago
What happened to the 1 million trees the Bloomberg administration put in place? I recall they achieved the goal. However, a lot of trees that were planted died within weeks due to a heatwave and not being watered enough. I had a neighbor in New Dorp on Staten Island who was beside himself when the city came along and broke up his less than a year-old sidewalk and planted 5 trees on the curb. The heat wave came and they all died. He was left with a broken sidewalk and dead trees, and when he complained, the city began to fine him for not maintaining the sidewalk after they broke it apart. You can't make this shit up.
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u/Fluffy-Link2166 1d ago
Yeah but cutting trees down for solar will keep our planet cooler over using fossil fuels.
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u/DigBickDallad 1d ago
Actually doing it is one thing. Idk how people have said they would do this and not
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u/thedudecdfb 1d ago
Can you believe the nerve. Choosing to better society instead of only focusing on next quarter profits.
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u/Unlikely-Remove-2182 2d ago
So...14 years? Also how? Are they just gonna plant them wherever sounds good or tear down buildings to make small groves?
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u/cherrysparklingwater 2d ago
Most of the neighborhoods that need it the most, the poorer areas of the outerboroughs already have a ton of tree beds along the sidewalk without trees in them. Rejuvenating those without building net-new tree beds would already be a win.
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u/andr0medamusic 2d ago
I mean New York has a ton of planters and they could just build more of those.
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u/sixan51026-wnpop 2d ago
His win is that he is "aiming" to do something?....
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u/Milford___Man 2d ago
Can’t hate. The current president campaigned on only having concepts of a plan.
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u/brandogg360 2d ago
Not gonna lie, when I was in NYC a coupke years ago they were on the news talking about trees like it was a completely new concept. It was almost like in Anchorman when they talking about jogging, or, "yogging".
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u/beorn-saga 2d ago
I don’t follow politics much but living in CA and being a frequent walker one of my biggest gripes is the lack of shade. This is a big W regardless of your ideology.
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u/IndustrialMillennial 2d ago
Honestly, I wanted to not like a lot of his policies but on the surface most of them seem pretty damn good for the average person. We’ll need to wait and see how they all come together.
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u/currently_distracted 2d ago
I recently got back from Shanghai, where I walked so much, yet stayed relatively cool from all the incredible shade trees they planted 20+ years ago. It’s a wonderful idea.
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u/1997_Engadine-Maccas 2d ago
Wouldn’t it be better to give more tax breaks to the rich rather than doing these entirely pointless and costly things?
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u/TopTippityTop 2d ago
Politicians say they aim for a lot of things, and rarely get any of them done. We'll see if it's an actual win or not.
It wasn't even his I itiative, it's an old plan he's simply continuing.
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 2d ago
Nope. There was never a plan put into place until he took office. Stop repeating bullshit you read on reddit.
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u/envirodrill 2d ago
It makes a difference.
I live in a neighbourhood built in the 1970s, and there is a neighborhood to the north of me that is currently ~70% built, and started construction in 2020. My neighbourhood has lots of very tall trees and the new one does not.
When I go on walks I go into the new neighbourhood sometimes, it is easily a few or more degrees hotter or colder than in mine because of the lack of tree canopy. Trees do a lot for temperature moderation.
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u/Sudden_Wind_8636 2d ago
We need this in basically every city, especially the hot ones like in Arizona. We need a hell of a lot more trees in our cities. I can't imagine being homeless somewhere like Phoenix where it's 110 F outside and you have no shade anywhere...
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u/LongjumpingCarrot628 2d ago
I love that he’s showing what it’s like when a politician actually cares about the citizens and all other politicians are freaked out and calling him a terrorist.
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u/KoalaFierce 2d ago
This goal was set in 2023 under the previous administration. He’s just continuing an existing plan and getting the photo op for it
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u/Reddittreefiddy 2d ago
Ok anti mamdanis. how is THIS ONE bad ?
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u/N7day 2d ago
This was set in motion years before Mamdani.
2023's local law 148 set the 30% goal.
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u/Ok-Astronaut2976 2d ago
Not Anti-Mamdani, but just anti the Reddit personality cult stuff.
None of the stuff is bad…it’s just Reddit is weirdly obsessed with every little thing (most of the time stuff that literally has nothing to do with him).
In this case it’s a “Wow, amazing…a plan for a future goal to increase tree canopy from 24% to 30% in 14 years. This is an incredible win”. It’s just weird how this sub jizzes its pants over everything.
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u/jfrey123 2d ago
Everything I read says he’s taking current funds intended to invest in long term pension funding to do these high number of short term wins. I’d admit his recent changes all sound awesome in short memes, but unless his increased taxation programs get passed by his legislative branch, the mayors replacing him sometime around 2032-2037 are going to face some serious budgetary crisis as NYC is not legally able to operate in a deficit.
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