Gothamist reports that yet another tree branch fell in Central Park over the weekend, making the incident near 62nd and 5th (which did not cause injury) the latest in the string of fallen tree branches reported.  While the tree branch will be investigated for evidence of rotting, other news on the branch problems and maintenance [...]

33-year-old Carla DelGallo was hospitalized and her daughter, six-month-old Gianna Ricciutti, was killed on Saturday after a tree branch fell near Central Park Zoo, sparking more questions about the quality of maintenance of the park’s 26,000 trees.  The baby was in her mother’s arms outside of the zoo’s gate when the limb fell, causing head [...]

Philip Bump’s blog, pbump.net (via Gothamist), reports that a tree branch fell in Central Park yesterday, injuring three.  At approximately 12:30 pm on a hot Memorial Day, a family was picnicking under a tree near 74th and East Drive when one of the branches broke off.  The branch, allegedly about two feet in diameter where [...]

The branch that struck Blair-Goldensohn

Ever since Google engineer Sasha Blair-Goldensohn was struck by a rotted falling tree limb while walking to work in Central Park’s west side near 63rd on the morning July 29th, he has been in the hospital, suffering from “sustained severe brain damage, spinal fractures and spinal-cord damage resulting in paralysis, respiratory [...]

Breaking News: a large tree branch fell in Central Park, hitting a pedestrian, at approximately 8:00 am.  The man was walking in the park near the 63rd-64th Street entrance when the branch broke off and fell on his head.  Paramedics and police promptly arrived to the scene, and after about 15 minutes, took him [...]