00:00A severe cold front continues to bear down on our city.
00:05Today is our 11th consecutive day of below freezing weather, and we could very well be
00:10in the middle of the longest period of consecutive sub-32 degree weather in our city's entire
00:16history.
00:18Without temperatures rising above freezing, snow has hardened into blocks of ice.
00:23But the greatest danger posed by this sustained cold is to vulnerable New Yorkers who remain
00:27exposed to the elements.
00:29As of this morning, 16 of our fellow New Yorkers have passed away outside during this brutal
00:34stretch of cold.
00:35In 13 of these cases, preliminary findings indicate that hypothermia played a role, and three
00:40of these deaths appear to be overdose deaths.
00:43We await final results from the medical examiner's office and will inform New Yorkers as we learn
00:47more.
00:48Each of these lives lost is a tragedy.
00:51My heart was with the family of those mourning their loved ones.
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