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New York City’s first-ever Urban Forest Plan, released last month by the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice and a long list of partner agencies, states a commitment to cover 30% of the city in tree canopy by 2040. To achieve this, tree plantings have to accelerate, the report says. In Cobble Hill, one organization is already working on […]
Welcome to ‘Wednesdays in Red Hook’, a new series that gives a close-up look into the hard work, unexpected encounters, and delightfully mundane moments that make up an average day in Red Hook. For our second installment, we’re heading to the water’s edge in Red Hook, where Captain David Sharps and his wife Sarah Burd-Sharps have lived on the Lehigh […]
