Extreme cold may be linked to 5 deaths in New York City
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The extreme cold weather on Saturday may have played a role in the deaths of five people in New York City.
A 67-year-old man was found unresponsive in Manhattan on 3rd Avenue near East 35th Street, along with a woman and a man in Brooklyn at separate locations.
An unidentified man was found on Hilburn Avenue in Queens and another unidentified man was found on 69th Street and 1st Avenue in Manhattan.
The bodies were all discovered Saturday morning and pronounced dead by EMS on the scene.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday afternoon that "at this moment," it doesn't appear that any of the five were homeless, but the causes of death were not yet clear.
The medical examiner will determine the official causes of death but officials suspect the cold may have contributed.
New York City on Saturday was under a Cold Weather Advisory, with temperatures only reaching the teens and wind chills falling below zero ahead of a winter storm arriving Sunday.
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