City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City
Tick Populations Are Growing. Here’s How To Stay Protected.
Tick bites and Lyme disease cases are on the rise in the northeast region and New York City. The growth can be attributed to a wide range of issues, experts say, including an increase in deer population in the northeast and climate change.
“Warmer average temperatures driven by climate change have led to longer summers, earlier spring, and shorter and milder winter, extending the geography and seasonality of ticks,” the city’s Health Department said in an advisory.
City Renews Fair Housing Commitments, Focusing on Climate and Affordability.
The draft plan, shared with City Limits, includes a program to encourage New Yorkers living in areas prone to severe flooding to voluntarily move, and another to legalize more housing with shared kitchens or other common facilities.
Opinion: A Storm is Coming. The State Must Act Now to Make Basement Apartments Safe.
“By refusing to include the hardest-hit neighborhoods in the revamped pilot, New York State is complicit in the ongoing danger facing these residents. Basement safety is not a luxury, it’s a matter of life or death and we need to right this wrong.”
