In June and July of 2023, public health air quality warnings severely limited outside activities for residents across New York State and especially in the metro New York City region. The air quality warnings were due to highly elevated particulate matter levels related to wildfire smoke from Canada. This study compares the extent of atmospheric pollutants directly related to mapped data on uncontrolled wildfire in northern Quebec by comparing Black Carbon atmospheric concentration using data from NASA's second Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2) Model, gathered from NASA's GIOVANNI web GIS application. The data are collected at 0.5 by 0.625 degrees (MERRA-2) spatial resolution and visualized with ArcGIS Pro. Results indicate distinct plumes, or temporal periods, of substantial increase in surface mass measures of black carbon across New York State during the two-week period of public health warnings as described in New York media sources. We conclude by contrasting media framing of the events found in New York and Canadian media sources.