Overview
- City officials now count 19 people found dead outdoors during the multi-week cold snap, including a man discovered under the Manhattan Bridge this week.
- Separately, seven New Yorkers died primarily from hypothermia at private residences since Jan. 19, a concentrated toll that officials say is unusual for a single month.
- Chief Medical Examiner Jason Graham reported that 15 of the outdoor cases likely involve hypothermia, with eight confirmed and additional autopsies and toxicology underway.
- Although the region exited its Code Blue emergency, the city is keeping cold-weather protocols in place through the week and reports more than 1,400 shelter placements with expanded warming centers, buses and hotel units.
- At a City Council hearing, members pressed the Mamdani administration on outreach and the high legal threshold for involuntary removal, which requires signs of mental illness and danger to self or others.