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# Tree in Need of Pruning
- URL: https://bklyner.com/tree-in-need-of-pruning-kensington/
- Published: 2012-07-10T15:14:34.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-01T15:43:35.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: tree, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_056712.jpg "Dead Tree")

I was passing by this dead tree yesterday, and it reminded me that the City Council and the mayor’s office added $2M for tree pruning to the proposed $1.45M tree maintenance budge. That’s more than doubling the amount allocated to keeping trees healthy falling branches at bay. It’s not a permanent addition to the annual budget, but parks officials seem confident that the one-time boost will be enough to help get the city back on a more regular pruning schedule — every 7 years instead of every 15, says the [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/nyregion/new-york-officials-increase-budget-for-care-of-street-trees.html?ref=bklyner.com).

And our Councilmember Brad Lander, for one, is optimistic about the impending results:

> “Tree pruning is something where you don’t see the impact of deferring until there’s a tragedy. …As incidents have shown, there’s a real risk, and, hopefully, getting pruning back on a better schedule will mean New Yorkers will be safer.”

You can call and report trees in need of pruning to 311.