Plant First, Ask Questions About Pruning Later

Because what are you going to do, uproot them afterward? Bloomberg apparently has adopted another Robert Moses tactic. And Tony Avella has a knack for this kind of story:

Mayor Bloomberg bristled when asked about the tree pruning issues.

“We could cut all of the services and devote 100% of our resources to tree pruning — I’m not sure that that’s the smartest thing to do,” he said.