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There will be no more "I dos" in New York City until the novel coronavirus crisis ends, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday.

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There will be no more "I dos" in New York City until the novel coronavirus crisis ends, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered beauty service businesses to temporarily close starting 8 p.m. Saturday.
City Speaker Corey Johnson's $12 billion plan also proposes extending unemployment benefits to gig economy workers and freelancers.
About 40 inmates will be released Thursday to decrease density in the New York City jail, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Twenty-two New York City residents have lost their lives and 3,615 have tested positive, according to state officials and city data.
Mortgage payments and foreclosures have been put on hold through an order from Gov. Cuomo, he announced Thursday.
"Communicate what you mean" said Cuomo. "Without using terms that nobody understands and only incites panic."
In a matter of hours, the number of confirmed cases in New York City more than doubled from 923 to 1,871, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
"They're in cages and they’re afraid," Jumaane Williams said. "We want to make sure everyone is actually protected."
There were 1,339 COVID-19 cases confirmed in New York City as of Wednesday morning, said Gov. Cuomo.
The 39-year-old healthcare worker who became the city's first COVID-19 patient no longer has the disease, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday.
Businesses not supplying essential services can only send 50 percent of their workforce outside, Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he'll make the shelter-in-place decision in the next 48 hours.
The city is partnering with a private lab to increase testing in New York hospitals and clinics, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
He and his staff will go under quarantine, officials said.
The Board of Corrections, which oversees New York City jails, called on Mayor de Blasio Tuesday to release high-risk detainees.
There were 432 newly confirmed positive novel coronavirus cases since Monday in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
"If it's going to be a few months like this," said Pomme Frites owner Omer Shorshi, "there's no way we can survive."
Seven New Yorkers have died and more than 460 have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.
There were 463 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York City as of Monday morning, officials said.