Heat and Hurricanes: What Keeps the N.Y.C. Climate Chief Up at Night
As New York City’s chief climate officer, Rohit T. Aggarwala oversees a slowly sinking metropolis surrounded by water, with an aging sewer system, little tree canopy, paved over natural resources, congestion, and over eight million residents. Sometimes the air turns orange. Sometimes neighborhoods flood. Sometimes the power goes out. But Mr. Aggarwala — who has…