NYC Lawmakers Want to Remove Trees Damaged by Severe Weather

New York City lawmakers want to create a protocol for removing trees damaged by severe weather.

City Council Member Andy King says a bill has passed in the Parks and Recreation Committee that would help managerial systems, like the Parks Department and Con Edison, communicate with each other in future weather events. King says the increase in communication would especially help with removing trees on power lines.

"What was happening -- and I went out with Parks -- when there were trees down during the Sandy fiasco, there would be a tree down on a powerline; and then they couldn't do anything because it was on a powerline," King said. "Then when I was able to get ConEd to show up, ConEd couldn't touch it because there was a tree on top of a powerline."

King says the bill would increase communication and limit the amount of time communities have without power.

The full City Council is voting on the legislation tomorrow, February 25.