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NYC City Council Hosts First Remote Meeting Amid Coronavirus
"It isn't easy to get an 82-year-old legislative body up and running remotely," said Speaker Corey Johnson.

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"It isn't easy to get an 82-year-old legislative body up and running remotely," said Speaker Corey Johnson.

New York City's COVID-19 death toll spiked by thousands in a matter of hours Tuesday with the inclusion of those who died without tests.
“We can’t bring back our heroic co-workers," said Local 100 President Tony Utano. "But we can make sure their families are taken care of."
Gov. Cuomo repeatedly promised not to engage President Trump in a fight, then criticized his policies, his leadership and confusing tweets.
Every time a coronavirus patient is discharged from Montefiore Medical Center, the loud speakers blare, "Let's hear it for New York."
New York City will begin producing up to 50,000 coronavirus test kits per week in May, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
A roundup of today's coronavirus news.
Since schools shut down, 21 teachers, 22 paraprofessionals, two administrators and a cafeteria worker have lost their lives to COVID-19.
Outdoor coronavirus testing sites in New York City closed Monday as a violent storm hit.
More than 10,000 New Yorkers had died from COVID-19 as of Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
New York City could see flooding, power outages and felled trees as a massive storm hits the five boroughs Monday, forecasters said.
Mayor de Blasio said schools will not reopen without proof that community spread is under control and there could be no proof without tests.
New York State has more novel coronavirus cases than any nation on the planet.
While Gov. Cuomo said a decrease in hospitalizations gives hope, doctors fear it means the hospitals have reached their capacity.
The National Weather Service warned New Yorkers to prepare for wild storm, strong winds and power outages Thursday afternoon.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's exit strategy relies on complicated tests in short supply that provide limited information, he told reporters.
The city moved healthy young detainees to a Brooklyn center that recently lost a worker to COVID-19, according to a New School report.
New York saw its highest daily death toll with 779 lives lost to COVID-19 within the past 24 hours, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
New York is only using one third of the ventilators projections showed the city would need this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday .
"There are clear inequalities, clear disparities in how this disease is impacting New York City," de Blasio said Wednesday.