New York Launches Air Conditioning Program to Protect Impoverished

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on a new New York program that provides air conditioners to low-income residents. With dangerous heat waves making apartments hotter than the outdoors, this initiative could be life-saving. If successful, it may be expanded to hotter cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas, where many vulnerable residents lack cooling access.


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