Emails Reveal Mayor De Blasio ‘Abused His Power’ To Help Stall Yeshiva Report
NEW YORK (VINnews) — According to a new report by the New York Post, Mayor de Blasio appears to have been personally involved to gain himself an extension of mayoral control of cit...
Agudath Israel Issues Roadmap for Rabbonim and Community Leaders to Safely Reopen Our Kehillos
NEW YORK (VINnews/Agudath Israel of America) - We are all encouraged to see several states ease, or begin talks of easing, the long and difficult quarantine which has successfully ...
NY’s Cuomo Criticized Over Highest Nursing Home Death Toll
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasi...
Cuomo: 3 NY Youths Die From Syndrome Possibly Linked To Covid-19
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two young children and a teenager have now died in New York state from a possible complication from the coronavirus involving swollen blood vessels and heart pr...
NY Extends Provisions On Some Coronavirus Orders, But Stay-at-home Decision Pending Past May 15
NEW YORK (AP) - New York has extended some executive orders due to the coronavirus in recent days, but still hasn't decided on how long it would extend the stay-at-home order, Gov....
Polar Vortex Brings Rare May Snow, Low Temps To US East
NEW YORK (AP) — Mother’s Day weekend got off to an unseasonably snowy start in the Northeast on Saturday thanks to the polar vortex bringing cold air down from the north.
Some h...
‘Every Parent’s Nightmare’: Boy’s Death May Have Virus Link
NEW YORK (AP) - The death of a 5-year-old New York boy is challenging assumptions that children are less susceptible to COVID-19 complications, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
A...
NYC Mayor: 2,500 Members of “Test And Trace Corps” To Be In Place By Early June To Combat The Virus.
NEW YORK (AP) - A “test and trace corps” of 2,500 will be in place by early June to identify people who have the virus, isolate them in hotel rooms if needed and determine whom the...
New York City Stepping Up Distancing Enforcement In 3 Parks
NEW YORK (AP) - Police officers will start limiting access to three New York City parks whose scofflaw visitors have become poster children for bad social distancing, Mayor Bill de...
Polar Vortex Could Bring Rare May Snow, Low Temps To Us East
BOSTON (AP) — The northeastern U.S. is about to get a cold spring farewell from winter’s bad boy, the polar vortex, which could bring rare May snowfall and record-low temperatures ...
Barry Farber Dies; Conservative Radio Host Ran For NYC Mayor
NEW YORK (AP) — Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977, has died.
Farber d...
Caught On Video, NYPD Social Distancing Patrols Turn Violent
NEW YORK (AP) — One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New York City shows a police officer running at a black man and throwing him to the ground f...
de Blasio’s Explanation for Not Taking Down Post-Funeral Social Media Post Rings Hollow as Reports of Deleted Tweets Surface
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Did New York City’s mayor dig himself into an even deeper hole during a May 4th conference call with members of the Orthodox Jewish media?
As pr...
New York City To Test 140,000 For Antibodies In Next Month
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City will test 140,000 people for coronavirus antibodies between next week and early June, de Blasio announced Thursday.
The antibody tests, which indic...
New Yorkers Can’t Be Evicted For Not Paying Rent Through August, Andrew Cuomo Says
NEW YORK (AP) - New York’s moratorium on outbreak-related housing evictions was extended Thursday by Cuomo for two more months.
The governor in March had issued a moratorium tha...
Taxis, Bikes & Sushi Robots Keep New Yorkers Fed, Protected
NEW YORK (AP) — Yellow cabs are lining up before sunrise at food distribution sites across the city.
Motorcyclists are buzzing over bridges, bags packed with masks and gowns.
...
NYC Mayor: Other States May Be Reopening Too Quickly
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that rising coronavirus infection rates outside of the New York metropolitan area should serve as a warning to oth...
NYC Subway System Shuts Down For Unprecedented Nightly Cleaning
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's subway system went silent in the early morning hours of Wednesday, as part of a plan for the normally round-the-clock system to shut down for train ...
New York City Mayor Adding Staff To The City’s Deluged 311 Helpline
NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus case surge that swamped New York City’s 911 emergency line last month also deluged its 311 helpline, as calls soared from an average of 55,000 a day...
Cuomo Says Economic Re-openings Must Consider Human Costs, After Slight Uptick in Death Toll
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo argued that officials who are re-opening economies need to be upfront about the human costs.
Cuomo said the national debate over when...