More States Added To NY Coronavirus Quarantine List | Patch PM

Prosecutor Killed In Cycling Accident | Sanitation Chief Quits, Eyes Mayoral Run | Opening Delayed For Several Schools

Posted Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:18 pm ET

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New York's infection rate has stayed under 1 percent for 32 days, but 35 states considered "high-risk" are now on NY's quarantine list.

Ten city school buildings will not reopen Sept. 21 if their ventilation systems still don't meet coronavirus safety standards.

Kathryn Garcia, the city's sanitation commissioner, trashed Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget cuts in her resignation letter, reports say.

Sarah Pitts, 35, was hit by a charter bus riding her bike on Wythe Avenue early Labor Day morning, police said.

After four years on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, its owner said he couldn't contend with a 70 percent drop in customers since March.

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