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Story summary
- Free KN-95 masks were distributed at NYPD precincts, libraries and firehouses as NYC faced wildfire smoke.
- Smoke from Canadian wildfires pushed the AQI above 230, keeping an air-quality alert through midnight on July 16.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani extended a heat emergency through Thursday, deploying 21 cooling vans and keeping pools open.
- Saturday thunderstorms dropped up to four inches of rain, flooding streets, prompting a flood watch and closing Island Expressway lanes.
