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Businesses Ordered Closed In NY, NJ And CT To Combat Coronavirus
Restaurants and bars can continue to provide take-out, but premises will be closed to the public, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.

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Restaurants and bars can continue to provide take-out, but premises will be closed to the public, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.

"This is a pure war footing," de Blasio said Monday morning. "Right down to rationing if you need it."
New Yorkers face a changed city tackling a mounting coronavirus outbreak.
Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announced Sunday that all New York City public schools will close as the coronavirus hits New York City.
Three New York State residents, two from New York City, have died from COVID-19, Gov. Cuomo said Sunday.
An 82-year-old woman was the first in New York to die from COVID-19, officials said. There were 183 cases in the city as of Saturday.
The Police Benevolent Association filed a complaint this week demanding the NYPD provide cops with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer.
The city's largest charter school network will move to online learning amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, officials announced Friday.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is calling on New York City to close public schools, he announced Friday.
Transit officials and Gov. Cuomo are combatting rumors that the subways would shut down after the city declared a state of emergency.
For the first time in days, Mayor Bill de Blasio did not announce a rise in novel coronavirus cases Friday morning.
"It’s pretty much a disaster," said manager of the Triple Crown Joe O'Shea. "We were supposed to have one of the busiest weeks of the year."
A Long Island man says he was spat on, called a "Chinese f---", then told by a Penn Station police officer "There's nothing we can do."
The JetBlue passenger traveling from New York City to Palm Beach got sick on the place, according to reports.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said "more and more restrictions" were coming.
Experts say closing schools won't help stop COVID-19's spread, but students say CUNY should have closed days ago.
A Bronx drug ring took over a Mott Haven bakery and used to stash cash and sell drugs, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The movie mogul was sentenced to 23 years after being convicted last month in Manhattan Criminal Court of rape and assault.
"I'm going to speak to business leaders in New York today," Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday. "Let people work from home voluntarily."
Ten more people have tested positive for coronavirus since the last New York City update.