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City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City

City’s Construction Workers Navigate New Risks Posed by Wildfire Smog

Construction workers are used to long days in the summer heat. But braving wildfire smoke is new territory for them. Like other impacts of the climate crisis, recent bouts of bad air quality have raised new questions about how best to protect New Yorkers whose jobs and living conditions put them at greater risk of harm.

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