New York faces bad combo of heat and air pollution that has health officials concerned

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s air quality will suffer Sunday and Monday as pollutants fill the air.

According to AirNow, a website run by the Environmental Protection Agency and its partners, New York City’s air is — and will continue to be — “Unhealthy of Sensitive Groups.”

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality advisory from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday for over a dozen counties, including Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester.

The complete list is available here.

Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, and Westchester counties are additionally under an air quality advisory until 11 p.m. Sunday night.

Those who have lung-related illnesses, regardless of age,