FILE - The Statue of Liberty, covered in a haze-filled sky, is photographed from the Staten Island Ferry, June 7, 2023, in New York. Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life — and death. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Canada Wildfires Worldwide Air Quality
(New York, NY) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires is set to arrive in New York City tomorrow. Air quality is expected to reach unhealthy levels in some places. Governor Kathy Hochul says the smoke will first reach western and Central New York, before pouring into City on Thursday. Hochul says N-95 masks will be made available throughout the state.
