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…
The city activated its flash flooding alerts 13 times so far this year, and nine times last year, according to John Scrivani, commissioner of the city’s Department of Emergency Management…
‘Unlike with heat and cold, there are no clear standards in New York for triggering an emergency notification around rain, and no clear steps in place to ensure the most…
Flash floods from historic rains Wednesday night killed nine New Yorkers, eight of whom died in basements of residential homes, officials said Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov.…
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.
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…
