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  KCC Team And COFD Fifty years after New Yorkers first came together to protect the city’s trees during one of its most challenging eras, Trees New York marked the conclusion of its golden anniversary celebrations with a Fall Mixer at The Arsenal overlooking Central Park on September 23rd and turned its attention toward the next generation of New Yorkers who will care for the city’s urban forest. The evening brought together supporters, volunteers, Citizen Pruners, community partners and friends of Trees New York to celebrate an organization that has spent five decades planting, preserving and protecting New York City’s trees through education and community participation. Founded in 1976 as a volunteer response to severe city cutbacks in forestry and tree-related community services, Trees New York has grown into one of the city’s leading tree stewardship and advocacy organizations. During its 50-year history, it has trained more than 13,500 Citizen Pruners and 9,000 young people i...

IMPEACHED DONALD TRUMP The city would move to end its contracts with the Trump Organization under a resolution expected to be introduced Thursday by Manhattan Councilman Mark Levine. “If New York City isn’t good enough for you to live in, then it’s not good enough for you to run businesses in. We want you out now!” the Dem said of Trump, who recently changed his legal residence from Manhattan to Palm Beach, Fla. The non-binding resolution calls on Mayor de Blasio not to renew renew the Trump Organization’s four contracts with the city and cites a litany of grievances — from alleged constitutional violations to a recent state attorney general investigation finding Trump misused his charitable foundation. “It’s just a matter of profound offense to most New Yorkers that our city has given four lucrative Parks (Department) concessions to the Trump Organization,” Levine said. “The Trump Organization is a company that is deeply entangled in a criminal conspiracy and ...