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Air quality alerts extend for third day as smoke from Canadian wildfires pushes south
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials warned residents to stay inside and limit outdoor activities Thursday as a thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke loomed over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day and was expected to persist as long as the weekend. ...
Live updates | Canada Wildfires
Follow along for live updates on wildfires in Canada creating a haze in parts of the U.S. and Canada and into northern Europe: ___ What to know: — Air pollution cloaks eastern U.S. for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke ...
Editorial Roundup: New York
New York Post. June 5, 2023. Editorial: ‘Good Cause Eviction’ tricks will still wreck NY’s housing market Socialist lawmakers are still pushing statewide rent control, resorting to outright deception and bogus compromise in hopes of passing it before the...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Albany Times Union. May 31, 2023. Editorial: A hard row to hoe The state encouraged cannabis growers to “jumpstart the industry.” Some who did have reaped a bumper crop of disappointment and frustration. Here’s a cannabis-infused word problem to...
Editorial Roundup: New York
New York Post. May 16, 2023. Editorial: Zap the worthless $64m Cuomo-era Excelsior vax app If Ben Franklin were alive in the computer era, he’d’ve said: “Nothing can be certain, except death and taxes — and the inability of any government to run an IT project...
Victims of racist Buffalo supermarket mass shooting remembered on anniversary
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Standing in the same parking lot where he was shot in the neck a year ago in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, Zaire Goodman said he was grateful to see the community come together in remembrance Sunday. His family and others affected by the mass...
Editorial Roundup: New York
New York Post. May X, 2023. Editorial: Weed ruins young men’s mental health, study shows: STOP legalization Oops: A massive new study proves the normalization of cannabis use is an ongoing social disaster. You’ve got to be under the influence — of...
New York governor's order prepares for more asylum seekers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Tuesday ahead of an expected increase in asylum seekers that she said will allow the state to mobilize more National Guard members and to quickly react to food and supply needs. The Democratic governor's order...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Advance Media New York. April 30, 2023. Editorial: Why NY schools need to change Native-themed names as well as mascots The New York State Education Department put schools on notice 22 years ago to retire their Native American mascots “as soon as practical” in the...
New York's $229B spending plan would increase minimum wage
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers in Albany passed a $229 billion spending plan that will increase the state's minimum wage, tweak its bail laws and attempt to curb illegal and unlicensed marijuana shops. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign the 10 bills into law Wednesday, according...
