NYC Building Virus Testing Capacity With More Than 150 Sites
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is ramping up its ability to test for the coronavirus, with testing available at more than 150 sites citywide and test kits made in the city now in us...
Cuomo Gets Tested For Coronavirus On Live TV
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo got tested for coronavirus on live TV Sunday as he announced all people in the state experiencing flu-like symptoms are now eligible for tests...
NY Widens Testing Eligibility As Social Distancing Hits Snag
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents who flouted social distancing restrictions for a night on the town got the mayor's wrath Sunday. The city's embattled health commissioner is...
In Detroit, NYC, Kindness Comes One Slice Of Pizza At A Time
NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Shalinder Singh spent Sundays at his gurdwara, helping serve a community meal for 300 people or more at the Sikh place of worship in suburban D...
Mayor: New Yorkers Crowded Outside Bars Put Lives In Danger
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers who flouted coronavirus restrictions for a weekend night on the town got the mayor's wrath on Sunday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio admonished people seen cro...
Mayor: NYPD Won’t Break Up Small Groups, Police Masks
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department, criticized over instances of harsh social distancing enforcement, will no longer be involved in breaking up small clusters of people...
Cuomo: New Virus Cases In NY Coming From People Leaving Home
NEW YORK (AP) - New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialize, rather than from essential workers...
A Cautious New York Begins Creaking Back To Economic Life
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Shuttered sectors of New York’s economy will begin inching back to life Friday with more construction, manufacturing and curbside retail pickups allowed in part...
‘it’s Impossible’: NY Nursing Homes Fret About Testing Order
NEW YORK (AP) — As calls grow nationwide for mandatory coronavirus testing in nursing homes, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state's ambitious new demand to test ...
NYC Health Chief Under Fire For Alleged Remark About Police
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor expressed concern Thursday over a heated phone call in March between his health commissioner and a top police commander over what was then a d...
Mayor: $3T House Virus Bill Is What NYC, Other Cities Need
NEW YORK (AP) — The $3 trillion aid package proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is exactly what New York, other states and cities need to revive their economies that have been d...
Fourth Region Of Upstate New York Cleared To Slowly Reopen
NEW YORK (AP) — A fourth region in upstate New York might start reopening for business. New York City launched an informational campaign about a rare syndrome afflicting children. ...
FBI: Charges In Weapons Sting Follow Anti-Semitic Posts
NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI brought weapons charges Wednesday following a New York City sting operation against two men, one of whom espoused racist and anti-Semitic views on social me...
Attorney: Couple Charged With Assaulting Hasidic Men Was ‘Attacked’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Queens couple that was arrested earlier this week for making anti-Semitic remarks and ripping the masks off Hasidic men in Williamsburg, were the victims o...
Wear A Mask? Even With 20,000 Dead, Some New Yorkers Don’t
NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Leventhal felt a sneeze coming and panicked.
The Brooklynite left his cloth face mask at home for a morning run in a park last week. Walking home, he turned...
Mayor: 52 NYC Children Diagnosed With Inflammatory Syndrome
NEW YORK (AP) - A total of 52 children in New York City have been diagnosed with an inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19 and another 10 cases are pending, Mayor Bill d...
Study: Virus Death Toll In NYC Worse Than Official Tally
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis re...
WATCH: Jewish Attorney At Center Of Covid-19 Outbreak In NYC Still Has No Idea How He Got It
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (JTA) - The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the New York City area, said he he has no idea how he contracted the deadly virus.
Lawrence Ga...
Cuomo: Parts Of Upstate New York Ready To Reopen By Weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — Several regions of upstate New York that have shown progress in taming the coronavirus outbreak are ready to gradually restart economic activity by the end of the w...
2 Arrested For Allegedly Ripping Face Masks Off Jews In Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NY (VINnews) - Two people were arrested for allegedly ripping face masks off of Jewish people in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
Paulo Pinh...