Mamdani Faces Criticism Over City Hall AC Settings Amid Heat Wave

The report said the CityStore inside the Manhattan Municipal Building measured 64 degrees, while temperatures in the Governor’s Room near the mayor’s office also dropped to around 74 degrees

The New York Post also reported that while many offices were heavily air-conditioned, security personnel and police officers working in hallways and building lobbies remained in temperatures exceeding 80 degrees.

Not every city office was reportedly cooler than the mayor’s recommended setting.

The Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, which the newspaper said was unoccupied at the time, reportedly measured 81 degrees. Advertisement Mamdani spokesman Jeremy Edwards defended the administration’s practices, telling the New York Post that “The Mayor set the temperature at Gracie Mansion to 78 degrees yesterday afternoon.”