REMARKS
The impact of climate crisis and extreme heat in New York City
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Council Member Restler highlights the urgency of the climate crisis, emphasizing the increasing temperatures in New York City and the deadly impact of extreme heat on residents.
- Restler notes the unusually warm temperatures and recent brush fires in the area
- He states that NYC has experienced twice as many days over 90 degrees compared to 50 years ago
- Restler emphasizes that heat is the number one climate killer, causing over 350 deaths annually in NYC
Lincoln Restler
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You know, last Tuesday, November 5th, I was in Emmaus, Pennsylvania in Lehigh Valley in a t shirt sweating in 80 degree temperatures.
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We had brush fires in Prospect Park this weekend and in the Bronx, in New Jersey.
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We have a drought in New York City.
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The climate crisis is here.
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New York City keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter and hotter.
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We've had twice as many days over 90 degree heat this past summer as we did 50 years ago in the seventies.
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And the number one climate killer, it's not hurricanes or wildfires, tornadoes.
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It's heat.
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It's heat all across this country, all across this globe, and right here in New York City, where over 350 New Yorkers are dying each and every year because of extreme heat.
