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A federally funded pilot program and a study in parks both seek mitigation strategies for urban heat islands—areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat-absorbing infrastructure and lack of access…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

City’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need More Cooling Centers, Comptroller Says

Queens had the fewest number of cooling centers based on population density with only five for every 100,000 people, while Manhattan had seven, an analysis by City Comptroller Brad Lander’s…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

In the week before the recent heatwave, Department of Correction officials testified at a hearing that nearly 200 individuals incarcerated at the jail with conditions that are exacerbated by heat…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Transportation

NYC Heat Mapping Study Finds Higher Temps in Lower-Income Neighborhoods

For instance, during one data collection, neighborhoods surrounding Central Park measured between 80 and 82 degrees, while parts of The Bronx and upper Manhattan were between 88 and 89 degrees…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

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Oct 2021

Climate and Environment

Heat Killed More Than 100 NYC Residents Since 2010, Report Finds

Black New Yorkers were two times more likely to die from heat conditions than other city residents over the last decade, a report by New York City’s Health Department shows.

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Government Justice

Transparency Needed Over Rikers Island Heat Conditions, Legal Aid Lawsuit Alleges

The Department of Correction (DOC) is refusing to disclose how it ensured the safety of inmates in its more restrictive housing units, including during a record-breaking heat wave this summer,…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Sep 2021

In Depth Investigations Justice

As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist

Dozens of men splitting a single jug of water, sweating walls in cell units, inmates sucking air from cracks under doors—these are just some of the conditions inmates and advocates…

ByLiz Donovan 2Comments

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Aug 2021

Climate and Environment

To Measure NYC’s Heat Islands, Scientists Recruit Residents in Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods

New York is the third worst city—behind Newark, N.J., and New Orleans, La.—in terms of urban heat islands, with temperatures reaching an average of more than 7.6 degrees higher than…

ByLiz Donovan 8Comments

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

Many NYC Cooling Centers Closed by Dinner, Despite Heat Emergency

Of the hundreds of dedicated cooling centers in the city, only a portion were open around 7 p.m. Wednesday, while temperatures continued to hover in the low 90s.

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Jun 2021

Climate and Environment

Mayor Urges New Yorkers to Turn Appliances Off As City Endures Record-Breaking Heat Wave

This is the city’s second heat wave this year, less than two weeks into summer—and it is breaking a more than 50-year record. Temperatures at LaGuardia Airport were at 100…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

City’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need More Cooling Centers, Comptroller Says

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say

NYC Heat Mapping Study Finds Higher Temps in Lower-Income Neighborhoods

Heat Killed More Than 100 NYC Residents Since 2010, Report Finds

Transparency Needed Over Rikers Island Heat Conditions, Legal Aid Lawsuit Alleges

As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist

To Measure NYC’s Heat Islands, Scientists Recruit Residents in Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods

Many NYC Cooling Centers Closed by Dinner, Despite Heat Emergency

Mayor Urges New Yorkers to Turn Appliances Off As City Endures Record-Breaking Heat Wave

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