NYC Air Quality Alert Extended Amid Lingering Haze and Event Cancellations.

Air quality alerts have been extended through Friday night in NYC due to smoke from wildfires, but levels are improving and events like the Governors Ball Music Festival and Belmont Stakes are still scheduled to go ahead. Schools are open, but high school students will be doing remote learning. The air quality index is expected to reach levels that are unhealthy for sensitive groups, but not enough to impact events. The weekend weather looks ideal, with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s, and a wind shift expected to help ease air quality and smoke issues. Late Monday could bring much-needed rainfall to ease dry conditions.