New York City Declares Climate Emergency July 10, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment New York City declares a climate emergency. It’s the largest city in the US, with over 8.62 million inhabitants. The New York City Council passed the legislation on June 26 2019, calling for an immediate response to the global climate crises. The bill referenced several reports on the state of global warming and its impact, imparting that extreme weather events brought about by rising temperatures demonstrates that the planet is “too hot to be a safe environment.”