Zohran Mamdani has urged New Yorkers to set their AC to 78 degrees amid an impending heat wave. The NYC Mayor is asking residents to help reduce pressure on the city\u2019s power grid with this adjustment. The request has since sparked a fiery response from social media users.<\/p>\n
Critics target the mayor\u2019s voluntary electricity-saving request<\/p>\n
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted on X on Wednesday, July 1, urging New Yorkers to set their air conditioners to 78 degrees. As the city prepares for the upcoming heat wave, Mamdani has asked residents to reduce electricity use and unplug unused appliances to ease strain on the city\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York: it\u2019s hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights\/electronics you\u2019re not using, and unplug what you can,\u201d Mamdani wrote.<\/p>\n
The mayor added, \u201cOur City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming\/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let\u2019s ease demand \u2014 and get through the heat \u2014 together.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the post has sparked backlash, with many voicing their opposition to the request. Several users have replied to the post, denying that they set the AC to 78 degrees amid the intense heat wave. One user<\/a> wrote, \u201cAs a New Yorker, I\u2019ll be setting my AC to 62 degrees for the foreseeable future as a direct retaliation to your authority.\u201d<\/p>\n Another person<\/a> sarcastically commented, \u201cEveryone turn your AC to 78 in order to conserve energy.\u201d They added a picture of Times Square, all lit up, to highlight the massive power consumption at the intersection.<\/p>\n Mamdani had previously warned New Yorkers of the predicted heat wave. In a video<\/a> posted on July 1, the NYC Mayor said, \u201cWe are entering what could be the most extreme heat wave the city has seen in over a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh for Mandatory.<\/a><\/p>\n The post NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s 78-Degree AC Advice Is Getting a Heated Response<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani has urged New Yorkers to set their AC to 78 degrees amid an impending heat wave.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[109412,4588,9,56,63,65,7733,64,3212,82],"class_list":["post-285704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-ac","tag-heat-wave","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-mayor","tag-nyc-news","tag-power-grid","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}