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July 28, 2016 by by Sarah Gonzalez, WNYC

Life in New York Public Housing: No AC, but Maybe a Fan Blowing Soot from Outside the Window

Tammy has lived on the 18th floor of the same public housing building her whole life. She didn’t have air conditioning — until she could afford to buy her own unit when she was well into her 30s. “A brand new, big, AC,” she said with a laugh. “But it took a long time to get to that […]

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July 27, 2016 by Saif Choudhury, AdaptNY

Hot Blast from NYC’s Past – A History of City’s Heat Waves

UPDATED: This week’s heat wave in New York, which brought the city five consecutive days of 90 degree+ temperatures from July 21-25, may have felt like it would never end. In fact, it didn’t even make the city’s top 30 longest heat waves. It fell a full week short of the record 12-day heat wave […]

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July 12, 2016 by Kathleen Culliton

Harlem Heat Project Puts Sensors in Field

The Harlem Heat Project placed its first batch of its heat index sensors in the field on Saturday, when journalists, scientists and Harlem residents serving as citizen scientists gathered at the headquarters of the project’s community partner WE ACT to share insights about the problems of urban heat, and to receive training on how to use the DIY sensors.