Air quality in the New York City metro area continues to decline as smoke from wildfires in New Jersey and New York lingers in the air. A health advisory is in effect in New Jersey for unhealthy air quality.

Firefighters in New Jersey and New York were working to contain blazes fed by dry conditions and gusty wind.

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue said the New York state forestry service reported that the worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he battled a major brush fire along the New York-New