heatwave

The contract for roughly 8,000 workers expires at midnight on Saturday.

Hotter summers are to blame, with Black residents and those in high-poverty areas getting the worst of it.

We should probably listen but... mmmm, beer in this weather.

This is exactly the kind of idea that pops into your brain when it's 95 degrees in Manhattan and your soul is dripping through a sewer grate.

Drag a bench into Central Park Lake!

We checked a couple of deep subway platform temperatures just one stop from Manhattan and confirmed that it's cooler down there than up here.

Not sure about you guys, but we sure could use a cold one right about now...

Check out this gorgeous video of kids slip n' sliding on the streets of Washington Heights.

Saturday treated us to another record-breaking temperature, and there's only one way to truly celebrate this sustained feeling of being enveloped inside a thick fuzzy blanket: pictures of people frolicking with fire hydrants!

It's so oppressive outside, we're trying to do whatever we can to take out minds off of the hot breath of mother nature—so click through to hear some icey songs!