Ironboundian

Ironboundian t1_jd8aa6n wrote

I'm not saying they are right....just that the City channels all those constituencies. Plus another poster said how dead trees and branches fall on cars or people too. Could be the City covering their butt from a liability perspective. If someone called 311 to say it was dead and the city did nothing and then the next day a branch fell on a car.....well there you go.

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Ironboundian t1_jd87tbl wrote

Yes. I know you've been here since 2012....but it's an uphill battle if you love trees. Business owners complain about them blocking visibility of their stores. Homeowners complain that the roots cause plumbing damange and make sidewalks crack and create lots of leaves and all three things cause costs for homeowners. PSEG complains that the branches cause power outages. So everyone is stacked up against you and will cut down the trees on their own with or without the city permission.

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Ironboundian t1_jd82t84 wrote

To stop it you can chain yourself to the tree. But if you want to save your energy you can become a volunteer for New Jersey tree foundation. They sponsor treeplanting all over the city. So in the long run hopefully you will plant more trees than the ones being torn down.

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Ironboundian t1_jbzzy8u wrote

yes they do. I don't think it applies to this particular Hanini project....but especially the big towers with hundred and hundreds of residential units....if a developer gets a large project approved, even without building it they are likely making money (getting a new appraisal, and refinancing out some money from the higher valuation).

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