The 2023 NYC Heat-Related Mortality Report is submitted pursuant to Local Law No. 84 of 2020. Heat contributes to the deaths of about 350 New Yorkers, on average, each year during the warm season of May through September. This report includes data about heat events and heat stress deaths.
It’s been a year since the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice(MOCEJ) released PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, the first climate plan of the Adams administration and the fifth in the city’s history. In that time,MOCEJ has achieved many of its goals and sub-goals.
New York City, a longtime leader when it comes to climate action, has made significant progress over the last 12 months on the ambitious climate goals laid out in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, its strategic climate plan. This Progress Report highlights that progress.
Pursuant to Local Laws 60 and 64 of 2017, the EJNYC Report studies environmental burdens affecting communities of color and low-income communities and disparities in environmental benefits. The report also looks at how City processes meaningfully involve key stakeholders.
This is the annual report of the Waterfront Management Advisory Board. The purpose of the board is to advise the City of New York on matters related to its waterfront and waterways when it is convened.
In this report, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture (MOUA) details how the office met its legal mandates, and outlines plans to grow New Yorkers’ awareness, access, and activity through urban agriculture in NYC.
As the flooding New York City experienced from the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia last week demonstrated, the “new normal” of intensified storms requires a whole of government focus on emergency preparedness and climate resilience.
To comply with the Local Law, the Mayor's Office of Contract Services sent each mayoral agency a request for information about the agency's textile goods procurements within the four-year period required in the Local Law.
While a monumental challenge, climate change also presents an opportunity for us to reimagine our communities and to create a more equitable, healthy, and resilient future. PlaNYC will deliver near-term benefits to New Yorkers as we move toward achieving ambitious long-term climate goals.
This updated report, along with the attached table, summarizes DEP’s fulfillment of the requirements for a flood mitigation plan in Queens Community Districts 12 and 13. DEP has also developed an interactive online map that shows the completed and ongoing construction in Southeast Queens.