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Leadership backs drafting resolution urging 1% Parks Department funding and more equitable tree planting
Summary
Ross Community Board 11 leadership agreed to draft and circulate a resolution — at the borough president’s request — calling for the city to invest at least 1% of the FY26 budget in the Parks Department and increase tree‑planting and maintenance in the Bronx.
Ross Community Board 11 leadership voted to draft a resolution asking the city to commit at least 1% of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to the Parks Department and to prioritize more equitable street‑tree planting and maintenance across Bronx neighborhoods.
The proposal originated from the Bronx Borough President’s office, which asked community boards to join a borough‑wide push for increased canopy coverage and improved maintenance. Leadership discussed local concerns that when trees are vandalized or removed, replacement and maintenance can take years because funding is insufficient.
Why it matters: tree canopy and park maintenance affect neighborhood heat, air quality and quality of life; leadership said the Bronx currently lags behind city averages in canopy coverage and the resolution seeks to press for sustained funding.
Discussion and details The draft language called for an investment of at least 1% of the FY26 City budget for the Parks Department and for measures to ensure trees are replaced and maintained in a timely fashion. Members asked staff to prepare draft language and circulate it to leadership and then to the full board; the motion approved drafting and transmitting the resolution and pledged to work with the borough president’s office.
Ending Leadership approved drafting the resolution and will post the draft on the agenda for members to review before the full board vote.
