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NYC Mayor Urges Citizens to Wear Masks for ‘Unprecedented’ Smoke

  • New York City enveloped in orange fog from Canada wildfires
  • Mayor Eric Adams urges people to wear masks, stay inside
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New Yorkers are pulling out their masks again.

In a city where emergencies rarely affect the steady flow of commerce, the metropolis came to a near standstill in the face of what local officials called an “unprecedented event.”