Mamdani Faces Criticism Over City Hall AC Settings Amid Heat Wave

The report said all but five of those locations measured below 78 degrees – and in many cases, well below 78 degrees.

The mayor has been encouraging New Yorkers to conserve electricity by adjusting their thermostats to a toasty 78 degrees to ease pressure on the electric grid

Advertisement The newspaper said temperatures near the mayor’s office measured about 77 degrees around noon before dropping to approximately 74 degrees later in the day.

The Rotunda inside City Hall reportedly fell to 64 degrees.

One of the coldest readings came from the air flowing out of an air-conditioning vent in the mayor’s press radio room, where the thermometer reportedly registered 54 degrees.