Jose Rodriguez gets ready to do battle with a fallen tree in Williamsbridge Oval Park following a vicious Sunday afternoon storm that uprooted, knocked down and ripped the limbs off dozens of area trees.
“We’ve got our work cut out for us,” said Rodriguez, who is on a six-month horticulture training program created in collaboration by Montefiore Medical Center and Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC, which publishes the Norwood News). By Monday afternoon, the MPC crew and city workers had cleared most of the trees from park pathways and city streets.