On average, heat kills more people in the United States each year than any other natural disaster. In New York City, around 120 people die from heat exposure annually. Eighty percent of them perish in their homes.

Urban Green had five amazing interns this summer, and we’d like to thank them for their valuable contributions and share some of the work they’ve done.

Growing up in an old New York City apartment building, Andrew Gladstone associated winter nights with a certain soundtrack.

It has been my privilege over the past 12 years to have worked with the city's brightest minds while making significant progress on the city's most urgent problems. But now it's time for me to do something new.