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Public transit creates health

New York City’s public transit system has gotten New Yorkers where they need to go and home again for over a century. For our public transit system to …

Climate and health

Climate, including extreme weather, has a direct impact on health. As NYC’s climate changes, along with the world’s climate, we expect …

Climate

A region’s climate is characterized by its usual weather conditions, seasons, and patterns in extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts, …

Vector-borne disease

Vectorborne diseases are diseases that are transmitted from an arthropod (usually a tick or mosquito, etc.) to humans or other animals. Some …

Weather-related illness

A region’s climate is characterized by its usual weather conditions, seasons, and patterns in extreme weather events such as heat waves, …

Protecting New Yorkers from extreme heat

Hot weather is dangerous. In New York City and across the country, more people on average die from extreme heat each year than from all other natural …