Mayor Adams' proposed $55 million cuts to NYC Parks jeopardize progress in protecting urban forests and essential green spaces, impacting hundreds of jobs and city resilience efforts.
New York City's vulnerability to extreme heat and urban heat island effect is exacerbated by extensive concrete and asphalt, resulting in temperatures up to nine degrees Fahrenheit hotter than rural areas.
Climate change disproportionately affects people of color and low-income communities, with Black residents in New York City twice as likely to die from extreme heat compared to white individuals.
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