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‘You Just Sweat’: NYC Cops, Delivery Workers Take the Heat Wave in Stride

A man drinks water while riding on the Staten Island Ferry on July 21. — A man drinks water while riding on the Staten Island Ferry on July 21.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

By

Lucy A. Pearsall-Finch

July 22, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

A sweltering week in New York City is taking a toll on residents young and old while also raising concerns over the bills they’ll have to inevitably pay.

From doormen to delivery workers to cops, New Yorkers are lamenting that the heat that’s ripped through large swaths of Europe and and the US South and Midwest is finally catching up to them. Temperatures could hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) in Central Park on Sunday, a record high for the date.