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Leighton Brown was a maintenance supervisor. He was walking by a massive tree on Saturday afternoon around 3:30 when part of it fell and hit and killed the 56-year-old.
A 56-year-old NYCHA employee was killed when a tree fell on him in a parking lot at 700 Euclid Ave. in East New York, Brooklyn, police sources say
NYC Council member Chris Banks (D) patrolled the East New York neighborhood on Monday, looking for other problem trees, and visiting the spot where Leighton Brown lost his life.