Confirmed coronavirus cases are surging across the country, even as 30 states...
New York — the epicenter of the US's coronavirus outbreak — is finally seeing a decline in new infections, deaths, and hospitalizations related to the virus.But the virus is continuing to surge across...
View ArticleNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo receives backlash for tapping tech billionaires...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that he's enlisting Bill Gates and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to help rebuild New York. Gates will help with education and virtual learning, and...
View ArticleNew York Gov. Cuomo is freezing evictions until August 20 for people who...
New York Gov. Cuomo said the state is freezing evictions for renters who cannot pay due to the coronavirus pandemic until August 20."On a human level, I don't want to see people and their children...
View ArticlePeople who traveled from New York across the US in early March caused nearly...
Research indicates that infected travelers from New York transmitted nearly 65% of new coronavirus cases across the US, according to The New York Times.The genetic signature of the strain of the virus...
View ArticleHalf of all Brooklynites are white, but 97.5% of the borough's social...
In Brooklyn, 40 residents were arrested for social distancing violations from March 17 through May 4, the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said on Thursday.Around 49.5% of Brooklyn...
View Article'Every parent's nightmare': New York is investigating the death of a...
New York is looking into the death of a 5-year-old child who died of coronavirus-related complications, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Friday."This is every parent's nightmare, right? That your child may...
View ArticleAt least 3 New York children have died from a mysterious, possibly...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said at least three children have died in New York from a rare condition that's being linked to the coronavirus.The illness, called "pediatric multisystem...
View ArticleNew Yorkers are lending their empty homes to out-of-town medical workers...
New Yorkers are temporarily donating their empty homes to out-of-town health care workers who need accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.One local, who decided to stay with her father in...
View ArticleCuomo unveiled new steps to protect nursing home residents after more than...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled new steps to protect people in nursing homes from the novel coronavirus after it caused the deaths of about 5,300 residents.Long-term care facilities will have to...
View ArticleCuomo says New York has passed through a "hellish journey" as state reports...
New York is reporting some of its lowest new coronavirus death and case numbers. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the toll takes New York "right back to where we started this hellish journey" in a briefing...
View ArticleNew York City will test children for coronavirus antibodies after 38...
New York City will begin testing children for coronavirus antibodies.The news comes after 38 developed a mysterious illness linked to the virus and three were killed by a rare multi-system...
View Article'Dictatorial powers': Andrew Cuomo took massive executive authority to deal...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was granted new executive powers by the Legislature in early March to respond to the coronavirus.Cuomo's new authority goes beyond an existing provision allowing New York's...
View ArticleThe 3 things I'll consider the 'new normal' when I start riding public...
I've wondered how I'll start riding public transportation differently when I need to start commuting again.I've always considered myself a health-conscious person while riding public transportation,...
View ArticleNew York will start allowing low-risk businesses to reopen and permit...
New York state will soon let low-risk businesses reopen and allow outdoor activities such as drive-in movie theaters and tennis, Gov. Cuomo said on Monday.Three regions in New York state have met the...
View ArticleHere are the states reopening their beaches, beauty salons, and bowling...
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina — which all issued statewide stay-at-home-orders in April — were the first states that shut down their economies to begin reopening parts of them.Other states have...
View Article9 famous paintings that sold at auction for millions more than their earlier...
Business Insider teamed up with art investment company Masterworks to highlight some of the biggest value gains in art auction history.These nine paintings, by artists including Andy Warhol and...
View ArticleHomeless New Yorkers say they have nowhere safe to sleep now that the subway...
New York City's subway system is now closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for daily cleaning.The subways have long provided refuge to homeless New Yorkers, who now say they don't have anywhere safe to stay...
View Article'I don't give 2 rats' asses about your cops': New York City's health...
Terence Monahan, the chief of New York Police Department, approached the city's health commissioner in late March asking for 500,000 surgical masks for his staff."I don't give two rats' asses about...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo extends New York's stay-at-home order until June 13
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced that New York state's stay-at-home order would be extended until June 13.In an executive order, Cuomo said the "New York State on PAUSE" policy, put in place in...
View ArticleA barber who defied New York's stay-at-home order to give haircuts tested...
A Kingston, New York barber has tested positive for the coronavirus after giving haircuts while in defiance of the state's PAUSE order over the past few weeks, CNN reported.The Kingston barbershop had...
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