Transform 50 Public Schools Into Community Resilience Hubs
Converts 50 public schools into community resilience hubs equipped to support residents before, during, and after climate emergencies.
Overview
• The city would establish 50 resilience hubs in New York City public schools, prioritizing low-income communities of color with high exposure to extreme heat, flooding, and power outages.
• The hubs would provide cooling and heating, resilient backup power, internet access, medical supplies, and space for community services, while also operating year-round as centers for training, programming, and social connection.
• The 50 school-based hubs would add to the city’s existing network of 181 library cooling centers, 295 older adult centers, and 17 private facilities, expanding access to cooling centers that are open to New Yorkers of all ages.