Hundreds of air-conditioned facilities designated as emergency cooling centers during dangerously hot weather were closed for two days during July's heat wave, according to a new report. “Our current strategy is praying it's only hot on the weekdays.'
Cooling centers were closed roughly half the time during a recent heat wave.Hundreds of air-conditioned facilities designated as emergency cooling centers during dangerously hot weather were closed for two days during last month’s heat wave, according to a new report from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.
“Our current strategy is praying it's only hot on the weekdays,” Lander told Gothamist. “But that is a very bad approach.”, which is set to be released Thursday, examined 542 cooling centers across the city during last month’s heat wave. It comes as the city expects another scorching few days and as scientists warn about climate change giving way to more frequent occurrences of extreme heat.
inequities between rich and poor. The city’s health department found that heat-related death rates for Black New York City residents are twice as high as those of their white counterparts.City Comptroller Brad Lander Amid another upcoming onslaught of oppressive weather, Lander said the city should immediately expand cooling center hours on weekends: “It is something that can be done quickly and is not that expensive, and will save lives.”
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