BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan visited a South Buffalo couple’s backyard Wednesday after city workers mistakenly cut down a willow tree on their property, initially leaving them with the cleanup.
Back in June, Dan and Sarah Marinaro returned home from a trip to find the tree chopped down and the mess left behind. The tree was damaged during a storm, but city workers had mistakenly assumed it was on adjacent city-owned property, before cutting it down. The couple were devastated.
After I pushed for answers on the couple’s behalf, Deputy Mayor Benjamin Swanekamp apologized to the Marinaros and facilitated their request to clean up the property and plant two replacement trees — a red maple and a sugar maple…