The tree looks very impressive, its weight is 12 tons, age 85 years, and the height of the Christmas tree is more than 23 meters. Spruce was brought to the center of York from Pennsylvania. It is noteworthy that the tree will be decorated with 45 thousand lights, which will make an absolute record for the Christmas trees of the state. The fir tree will stay in the center of New York until January 7, 2018.

The Ukrainian diaspora in the city said that the Christmas tree will also be hanging and toys of Ukrainian production and symbols. Traditionally on New Year's days all diasporas converge to the central square in order to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in their homeland.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently in the center of New York, a man ran into bicyclists and opened fire, killing eight people.