{"id":5783,"date":"2025-12-18T16:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=update&#038;p=5783"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:36:38","slug":"city-council-passes-legislation-to-protect-heat-vulnerable-new-yorkers-by-establishing-a-maximum-indoor-air-temperature","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/city-council-passes-legislation-to-protect-heat-vulnerable-new-yorkers-by-establishing-a-maximum-indoor-air-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Passes Legislation to Protect Heat-Vulnerable New Yorkers by Establishing a\u00a0Maximum Indoor Air Temperature"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5783","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","focus_tax-climate-justice","person_tax-caleb-smith"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":[6],"authors":[220],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><b>\r\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December 18, 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: Chris Dobens, 718-679-8542, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:chris@weact.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chris@weact.org<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>NEW YORK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013\u00a0The New York City Council today passed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6788510&amp;GUID=156F95BB-CA74-44F3-A07B-A0E54EA0C10F#:~:text=HEAT%2C%20COOLING%2C%20AND%20HOT%20WATER,2.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intro 0994 of 2024<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which requires landlords to maintain an indoor temperature no higher than\u00a078\u00b0F<\/span><b>\u00a0- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with 50-percent relative humidity - in occupied apartments when the outdoor temperature is 82\u00b0F or higher between June 15th and September 15th.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Similar to the current City law requiring landlords to maintain a minimum indoor air temperature in occupied apartments during the winter, this law is a major win for environmental justice because people of color are disproportionately harmed by extreme heat, the deadliest impact of climate change, with Black New Yorkers being twice as likely to die from heat-related issues as their white counterparts,\" explained <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caleb Smith, New York City Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \"Combined with the other legislation passed earlier this year, we are pleased with the progress we are making on addressing extreme h<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eat in New York City.\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the Extreme Heat Coalition, WE ACT had been strongly advocating for this legislation along with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6788501&amp;GUID=11C62CCD-11B9-4BC1-8C5A-58D2331B869B&amp;Options=ID%7CText%7C&amp;Search=998\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intro 988<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which codified the City's Cooling Center program, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6702402&amp;GUID=FACB95DB-5300-448A-955E-A59B72184811&amp;Options=ID%7CText%7C&amp;Search=928\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intro 928<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which launched the City's Cool Pavement pilot program in heat-vulnerable communities.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We thank New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler for his leadership in sponsoring this legislation, as well as all of our fellow advocates who worked on advancing it,\" added Smith.<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a Northern Manhattan-based, membership-driven organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents are meaningfully included in the development of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York and Washington, D.C. 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