July 2026

Summer in the city is for Coney Island, Central Park and coco-mango-cherry carts. But when the heat becomes dangerous — as it will this holiday weekend — the focus switches to cooling centers, Con Ed and air conditioning.  Beginning Wednesday through at least Saturday, a heat wave is hitting New York City, and hard. Feels-like […]

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. In the scrum of the Knicks ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan two weeks ago, an off-duty EMT volunteer spotted a stranger showing signs of a drug overdose. Acting fast, Simone Kelly found someone in the crowd who happened to