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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The state budget battle begins
Council speaker pushes ‘People Over Everything’
Mayor Adams preaches while tempers flare at the FDNY
Gov. DeSantis and Mayor Adams trade barbs over crime
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NYC’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate ends for municipal workers
Hochul unveils budget as asylum seekers clash with the city
Mayor Adams’ vision for New York City
Judge LaSalle's rejection and what it means for Gov. Hochul
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s big agenda
Judicial battle in Albany
NYC migrant crisis continues as state lawmakers give themselves a raise
Hochul, Adams and ‘The New New York’
Letitia James on the hot seat
Should NYC lock up the mentally ill?
City strikes soccer stadium deal for Queens
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