[This morning in Tompkins Square Park]
Rev. Billy and East Village residents are meeting tomorrow afternoon from 2:30-3:30 to hold a memorial for the leaning elm that the city removed last Saturday. From the EVG inbox…
The memorial will involve testimonials from residents of the community, including community garden, environmentalists and artists. The Stop Shopping Choir will sing.
The beloved 130-year-old elm was suddenly chain sawed on Saturday the 20th. Mystery surrounds the action taken by the Parks Dept., as the tree was healthy, not "structurally unsound" — as described in an anonymous sign. Bendy leaned to the east, as she has for more than a century.
The NYPD arrested Rev. Billy last Saturday after he tried to prevent workers from cutting down bendy tree. The NYPD charged him with Obstruction of Government Administration (he pleaded guilty), and sentenced him to time served — about 14 hours.
Previously on EV Grieve:
UGH: Bendy tree in Tompkins Square Park has been condemned
Bendy-lujah
That's it for bendy tree
NYPD arrests Rev. Billy for trying to stop Bendy Tree's removal
NYPD releases Rev. Billy after yesterday's Bendy Tree arrest