> Hopefully the trees will get replaced.

You must be new here

A huge tree was cut down on my street last month too. I was pretty saddened about it :(

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Classic. The one thing that gets done

Right, but I'm sure they have a way to test to see if a tree is dead. The city said they just decided to cut it. Sad to see it go.

Is your hotel by the actual airport or more downtown?

It might be possible but its still a bit of a gamble and way more expensive. Most people probably would suggest public transit. From Newark Penn you can get the PATH train to the World Trade Center in like 20 minutes and then walk down there in less than 30 minutes or take a ride share to save the walking.

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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This was the city though. No store front, no raised sidewalk, I'm not sure about plumbing issues, but we've never had anyone out because of the tree, never had a power outage because of it either. I would absolutely understand if there was an issue with it. But to cut it down just to simply cut it down without anyone complaining about it makes no sense to me.

Here's some info I found for east newark. I'd find the info based on where you want to park

https://www.boroughofeastnewark.com/Departments/residential-parking#:~:text=Non%2DResidents%20Permits%3A&text=Yearly%20fee%20is%20%2450.00%20renewable,money%20order%20only%20(no%20cash)

Yep, Plulaski towards South St in the spring and summer had really good and pretty canopy. They used to do maintenance every year on them. Most are cut down now.

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.

Newark has some of the worst tree canopy cover in the country too

Will definitely do that. Thanks for the idea, I know some other neighbors were pissed about the other trees too. I'll try to get others involved as well.

I’d contact the office of your council member, or somebody else like that. The city workers are probably just following protocol but if people start calling governing bodies to let them know it’s something you care about it might become more of a priority.

As far as I could tell it was a perfect live tree, I'm no expert though. The city called me back and said it was a city tree and they decided to remove it. When I questioned why they originally said someone reported it as dead the lady said "I'm just telling you what they told me."

Just signed up. Unfortunately they removed most living trees around the neighborhood. Got a call back from the city just now and they said that it was a city tree and the city decided to remove it. When I questioned why they initially said it got reported as a dead tree she said "I'm just telling you what they told me". Hopefully the trees will get replaced.

I had the dead half of a half-dead tree fall on and total my car in Newark. Could this be it or you think they just got it totally wrong?

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.

Welcome to Newark. If you happen to live in the Ironbound you can do all the paperwork at Little City Hall on Monroe Street as well.

If the hydrants were not working, that's a real problem.

It is. I pay like 16 dollars a month.

Nice of you to assume that renter's insurance is affordable

>There's so little information on the city website about it

Ahh, the Newark way - welcome!

Can you do 2pm on any of the dates available ? I work from 6am -2pm but I can try and leave early at 1:30 I work in ironbound section of Newark