STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City birds are dying: But why?
Experts refer to the disease impacting both domesticized and wild birds as HPAI — though most Americans would recognize the illness as bird flu, or avian influenza.
As of Feb. 26, the 2026 totals for HPAI deaths in birds across New York City is 268. The 2025 total of confirmed cases was 293…