Officials warned young children and those with respiratory illnesses to take precautions. For weeks, smoke from Canadian wildfires has been drifting across the border.

While alerts have been downgraded from 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' to 'moderate,' the air quality could still be a problem throughout the rest of this week.

New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley will all experience air quality within the 101-150 range on the air quality index Sunday, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation forecasted—meaning the air could contain fine particles and could be “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”