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...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Has A Long Relationship With The City’s Orthodox Community
NEW YORK (JTA) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted a message last week calling out “the Jewish community” for violating social distancing guidelines after a Hasidic funera...
Mayor de Blasio Finally Apologizes To Jewish Community For Tweet
NEW YORK (VINnews) — NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an apology on Monday for a tweet sent last week that profiled the Jewish community.
The Mayor held a conference call with Or...
Despite Violent Arrest, NYPD To Maintain Distancing Patrols
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Bill de Blasio called Saturday’s confrontation in Manhattan’s East Village “very troubling” and “absolutely unacceptable” but contended it was an outlier amon...
Virus Diary: For Her, Virus-Era New York Is A Story In Sound
NEW YORK (AP) — Sirens. Birds. The ice cream truck. Sirens. Sirens. Sirens. The stall of a delivery vehicle. The downstairs neighbor telling her dog to do his business. The muffled...
Homeless In NYC: Tougher Than Ever Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Three hours before mealtime, a line begins to form on the sidewalk outside St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, facing Park Avenue in one of New York City’s poshest ...
Video: Paramedic Honored After Death While Volunteering In NYC
DENVER (AP) — A retired Colorado paramedic who died from coronavirus after volunteering to help combat the pandemic in New York City was being honored Sunday as his body was return...
Faced With 19,000 Dead, Care Homes Seek Shield From Lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with 19,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation’s nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort...
Violent Arrest Raises Concerns About NYPD Distancing Patrols
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was caught on video Saturday pointing a stun gun at a man and violently taking him to the ground over an alleged social distancin...
NYC Mayor Says Colorado EMT’s Death Will Be Honored Forever
NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado paramedic who came to New York City to save lives before losing his own to the coronavirus will be forever honored in a memorial to medical workers who a...
As Warmer Weather Beckons, NYPD Dispatch 1000 Officers To Enforce Social Distancing
NEW YORK (AP) — As warmer weather tempted New Yorkers to come out of quarantine, police dispatched 1,000 officers this weekend to enforce social distancing and a ban on congregatin...
Satmar Hasidic Leaders Defend New York Mayor And Call On Their Community To Socially Distance
NEW YORK (JTA) - Two Hasidic synagogues defended New York Mayor Bill de Blasio from charges of anti-Semitism and called on members of their communities to adhere to government soci...
Cuomo: All New York Schools To Remain Closed Through Spring
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that New York schools and colleges will remain closed through the rest of the academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cuo...
After de Blasio ‘Jewish’ Comment, Cruz Urges DOJ To Watch For Religious Discrimination In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is urging the Justice Department “to closely monitor New York City” for potential religious discrimination amid the pandemic after its mayor...
NYC Subway Will Halt Overnight Service Due To Virus
NEW YORK (AP) - Subway trains, which had been disinfected at least once every 72 hours, will be cleaned once every 24 hours starting May 6, Cuomo said. Buses, vans and other altern...
This Is His Quest: An Actor Serenades The Front-line NYC Workers
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a stunning sound, emerging amid the clanging and the whooping and the banging and the honking at 7 p.m. each night as New Yorkers cheer front-line workers: the...
Fear Of Future That Devastated NYC Restaurant Workers Face
NEW YORK (AP) - For years, working in restaurants has been a constant for Isabella Guttierez.
It was something she could always fall back on to pay the bills while she pursued h...