New York, NY, Cool Neighborhoods NYC

By: City of New York

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/orr/pdf/Cool_Neighborhoods_NYC_Report.pdf
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Urban Heat Resilience

This functional plan contains heat mitigation, adaptation, and monitoring strategies to help reduce or moderate temperatures in neighborhoods. It includes several solutions, such as conducting targeted street planting, implementing cool roofs, advocating for reforms to the city’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and collecting data to deliver inclusive and health-focused climate policy.


New York, NY

2010 Population: 8,175,133

2010 Population Density: 27,012.46/square mile