Ensuring that the city has adequate green spaces is critical to creating a livable, sustainable city with a healthy environment and an improved quality of life. In keeping with the Bloomberg Administration's PlaNYC sustainability initiatives, City Planning is acting to green the city wherever it can. These initiatives will improve the city's neighborhoods while putting in place essential elements to achieve the City's 2030 sustainability objectives.
Street Tree Planting - Text Amendment: Adopted 04/30/08
New proposed regulations to require street tree planting for all new developments and major enlargements citywide, that will result in approximately 10,000 new street trees per year.
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Zoning Amendments to Enhance Yards and Open Space: Adopted 04/30/08
The proposed text amendments to the Zoning Resolution would prevent excessive paving of front yards by encouraging landscaping and planting of yards throughout the city.
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Green Standards for Parking Lots: Adopted 11/28/07
This proposed citywide text amendment for commercial and community facility parking lots would apply design regulations for landscaping, perimeter screening of the lots as well as requirements for canopy trees in planting islands within the lots.
View the press release.
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Million Trees NYC:
Mayor Bloomberg's pledge to plant and care for one million street trees throughout the five boroughs over the next decade.
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