This week, New York City faced another unprecedented event in the form of smoke from wildfires in Canada that blanketed the city and deteriorated air quality rather alarmingly. The smoke gave the city the worst air quality rating in the world, and New York’s worst since the 1960s. Some critics say Mayor Eric Adams and city health and emergency management officials should have briefed the public earlier as to what was happening. NY1’s Zack Fink, Juan Manuel Benítez and Courtney Gross weigh in on the city’s response and also look at the larger significance of the air quality event.
After that, in Albany, the legislative session is due to wrap up this week, and it looks to be ending with a whimper rather than a roar. Once lawmakers leave town this week, they are not expected back until January. The “Off Topic/On Politics” team looks at the reason so little was accomplished, the status of the Clean Slate Act, and what all of these say about Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Further reading:
Adams urges New Yorkers to 'stay home' Thursday
Hochul sees little progress in final days of session
As the migrant issue heats up, the mayor loses his cool
Gov. Hochul’s migrant message to President Biden: Send help
Adams vs Hochul: New York leaders at odds over migrants
Will Mayor Adams’ calls for help on migrants get answered?
Is Rudy Giuliani ‘co-conspirator 1’ in the Trump indictment?
Can New York City shut its door on migrants?
Pushing back against wave of migrants: Mayor Adams announces 60-day shelter limits
Hizzoner playing defense
A $107 billion handshake, and a Primary Day wrap
Primary Day is upon us (again)
Surprise resignation from NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell
A clean slate in New York?
Can NYC suspend its ‘right-to-shelter’ obligation?
While NYC faces a flood of migrants, the casinos are coming
Mayor suspends parts of ‘right-to-shelter’ law
Subway homicide
What’s in, what’s out: Breaking down the state budget
A late budget, and Adams' anger grows
Round two: Will lawmakers approve Hochul’s new chief judge pick?
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