
(photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
In a city where flooding is the face of climate change, extreme heat is a silent but growing threat. Every year, extreme heat in New York City causes, on average, more than 450 emergency room visits and 150 hospital admissions, and results in the deaths of 115 New Yorkers from heat stroke and heat-related exacerbation of chronic health conditions. Older people are at the most risk.
For the first time in human history, our planet has more people over 65 than children under five, and the world’s global population is
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