NEWYORK: As a historic heat wave and continues into the holiday weekend, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani released a new video PSA urging every New Yorker to make a heat plan, check on neighbors and loved ones and take advantage of the resources available across all five boroughs.
The Mayor convened leaders across city government to announce additional emergency measures to protect New Yorkers.
Building on unprecedented Heat Emergency Plan, the Mamdani administration is expanding cooling centers, extending outdoor pool hours, increasing outreach to vulnerable New Yorkers and taking additional steps to keep people safe in temperatures that may feel as hot as 112 degrees.
“I am asking every New Yorker to make a heat plan before the worst of this weather arrives,” said Mayor Mamdani.
“The best protection against extreme heat is air conditioning. If you don’t have it at home, know now where you’ll go to stay cool. Check in on your neighbors, especially seniors, and if you see someone outside who appears to be in distress, call 311 so we can get help to them. This administration is using every tool we have to keep New Yorkers safe, but the strongest city is one where neighbors look out for one another.”
“We have deployed every resource this city has, but our most powerful tool isn’t a forecast or a cooling center. It’s a New Yorker,” said NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Christina Farrell.
“The neighbor who knocks on the door, the family member who calls to check in, the stranger who stops to help. This holiday week, we are asking every New Yorker to look out for one another so that no one faces this heat alone.”
