As climate change continues to cause summer temps to soar, the lack of green spaces in underserved communities don't make things any better.
across the country, with July notching the warmest month on record.
As climate change causes the summer temps to soar, the lack of green spaces in underserved communities don't make things any better."It is hard to find relief because we are one of the cities that has the lowest green space per capita," said Rami Dinnawai of El Puente of the Brooklyn neighborhood. "Between urbanization climate change and the urban heat island effect, said Kim Knowlton of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "It's a triple whammy threat to the health of New Yorkers."
As per the New York City Health Department, African-Americans are twice as likely to die from heat stress as white New Yorkers.
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