NEW YORK — As New York faces colliding Christmastime coronavirus waves of the delta and omicron strains, Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified the urgency of her rhetoric about the threat on Thursday, warning that “people are underestimating the power of omicron.” “This is a health care crisis, and people are going to die,” Hochul said in a news conference in Albany, describing a potentially perilous winter and urging New Yorkers to observe a mask mandate she ordered last Friday. “Please put on the mask.” The nimble omicron variant, which was first discovered in New York two weeks ago, appears to spre…

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