What New York Should Do Next Time There’s Smoke

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, JUNE 9 CANADA WILDFIRES [What New York Should Do Next Time There’s Smoke]( According to the experts, basically the exact opposite of what we did this time. Photo: Sarah Stier/Getty Images People who track New York city’s weather had known for days that smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada would likely get into the lungs of New Yorkers. Meteorologists had been posting forecasts, and the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation had sent an [advisory]( out Tuesday morning. But it wasn’t until 6:43 p.m. that night, when the bridges were shrouded in haze, the air smelled vaguely of a campfire, and the air-quality index was over 150, far into the “unhealthy” red zone — that the city’s official Twitter account [warned]( New Yorkers to stay inside. And it wasn’t until after 10 p.m. that the mayor issued his first [official statement](, sent after the Yankees had played to a crowd of 38,049, after people who cared to celebrate Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday had [lingered outside on a red carpet](, and after I spent an hour and a half at a playground birthday party, surrounded by toddlers whose parents had, apparently, not gotten a message to keep them home. That statement? Outdoor activities at schools would be canceled the next day. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now](to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Lever House Gets a Squeaky-Clean Restoration Precisely reproducing its opening-day sheen. Next up: the Waldorf.]( By Justin Davidson [Learning to Live in the Smoke What six years of California’s worst wildfires, and two kids, have taught me about getting by.]( By Alissa Walker [The Best Butcher Shops in New York Including Carbone’s lamb-rack supplier.]( By Joshua David Stein [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved