Transcript: Mayor Mamdani Provides Updates on Extreme Heat Response and Safety Live on ABC7 With Phil Taitt
Zohran Mamdani on NYC Mayor's Office transcripts.
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You know, we found how effective this kind of approach was during the cold front that our city faced. And so, what we're bringing for the first time in city history are a number of vans that are both providing New Yorkers in need with water, with electrolytes, with a cool place to be, as well as with transport to cooling centers. Because as you said, we're facing the hottest temperature the city has seen in more than a decade. And so, what we want is for New York is to be safe and the best place to be safe is to staying inside and staying cool.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceI think it's absolutely critical, because, look, as you know, this is very serious. These temperatures are dangerous. We lose 500 New Yorkers a year to heat-related illness, and when we're facing triple digits that feel like even more on the heat index, we can't just tell New Yorker where they should go. We have to get out there and actually meet them where they are. And so, what these vans do is they provide that service, and we also have a number of them that are actually checking in on seniors around the five boroughs. We've checked in on more than 1,000 seniors so far, making sure that everyone is fine, everyone is safe [and] everyone has what they need to survive this kind of weather.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceAbsolutely. I think first and foremost, we've been working with ConEd and other utility grids to make sure that people are preparing for this moment because we know with this kind of heat, there's gonna be incredible demand on our electrical system. And so, we are working with ConEd to make should they're doing everything they can to get those units back online. And then for New Yorkers who need them, we have hundreds of cooling centers available and these COOL vans, as you said, [are] able to transport those New Yorkers to those centers. And then beyond those centers, [we are] also setting up misting stations, also ensuring that employers are following through on heat-related guidance for their employees and that people are following the law because we know in this city in this heat, if you're a delivery worker, you need to get some relief, and we have a law in this city that allows every delivery worker to use the bathroom of any restaurant they picking up from.
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