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"Based on the really good indicators we've seen today," de Blasio said, "I'm very comfortable now saying we will start Phase 2 on Monday."
Rent Guidelines Board voted 6-3 Wednesday to freeze rents on regulated apartments from September 2020 to October 2021.
The woman who suffered seizures when an NYPD cop from Long Island shoved her to the ground testified at a hearing on police brutality.
Mayor de Blasio is still waiting to see if the George Floyd protests and Phase I caused novel coronavirus to spread.
Mayor Bill de Blasio tested negative for novel coronavirus Tuesday, according to spokesperson Freddi Goldstein.
A photo posted to Twitter Tuesday shows Mayor de Blasio tilting back his head to receive the swab.
Nathan's Famous will hold its annual Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest on Coney Island this year, the company announced.
"We recognize the power of body-worn cameras," Mayor de Blasio said. "When people see this kind of transparency, it will build trust."
The Detectives' Endowment Association accused the workers of intentionally poisoning cops, but an investigation shows it was just a mistake.
"This is a seismic shift in the culture of how the NYPD polices this great city," said Commissioner Shea. "This is 21st century policing."
As the end of Gov. Cuomo's moratorium nears, housing advocates prepare for a massive wave of evictions to hit New York City housing courts.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he personally called restaurant owners to demand they follow the rules or risk losing their liquor licenses.
An "under the weather" Mayor Bill de Blasio canceled his morning press conference Monday minutes before it was slated to begin.
An MTA watchdog group says the agency spent millions on an effort that failed to transition homeless New Yorkers from subways to shelters.
"We, since we've reopened, the number has continued to go down," Cuomo said Friday. "Believe it or not."
"It's good to be part of the solution," Cuomo said of his police reform executive order. "Eric Garner did not die in vain."
"We've seen actual and steady progress," Mayor de Blasio said of COVID-19 tracking data. "But the big test comes later in the month."
Four medics say the FDNY retaliated after they told reporters about what it was like to do their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Cuomo ceded Thursday the decision to reopen pools to city governments, but Mayor de Blasio says, "We're not there yet."
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and percentages of New Yorkers testing positive have risen three days in a row, city data show.
