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No Coronavirus Mask, No Service, Governor Cuomo Says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign an executive order allowing business owners to deny service to customers without facial coverings.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign an executive order allowing business owners to deny service to customers without facial coverings.

"We're not going to tell people the day in advance," de Blasio said. "I think I've given people plenty of warning."
"He's a builder, he's a developer," said Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday. "He gets it."
The former New York City Transit chief has accepted a post as London's transport commissioner, Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed Wednesday.
New York City faces a $9 billion budget just weeks before it must pass its budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.
A new poll found 44 percent of Black New Yorkers live in a home where a job has been lost as compared to 27 percent of white New Yorkers.
"[It's] kinda a kick in the head to New Yorkers," said Council Member Robert Holden. "I don't think now's the time."
Gov. Cuomo will ask President Trump to invest in an extended Second Avenue subway line and improved Penn Station, among other projects.
Weeks away from a reopening that may bring hundreds of thousands into subways, Mayor de Blasio declined to specify plans to protect them.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo rang the New York Stock Exchange bell at 9:30 a.m. to celebrate its reopening Tuesday.
Curtis Sliwa, clad in a wetsuit and his iconic red beret, dove into the Atlantic Ocean Sunday to defy the mayor's ban on ocean swimming.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised death benefits to the families of New York essential workers killed by novel coronavirus.
National forecasters predict the Atlantic Ocean will see double the usual number of major hurricanes during a particularly brutal season.
Three people were fatally stabbed in New York City the Sunday before Memorial Day, according to police.
Who needs sandy beaches when there are polluted canals, abandoned college campuses, stoops and circles?
Mounting cases of an inflammatory disease in kids has Cuomo hesitant to reopen schools, saying, "The more we look, the more we find it."
Mayor de Blasio is urging New Yorkers to donate to the New York Blood Center, which says its supply is running "dangerously low."
NYPD officer Errick Allen faces murder charges for allegedly shooting Christopher Curro in the head earlier this month, officials said.
The Bronx representative has made headlines for saying gay people control City Council and promising not to "rat" out sexual harassers.
Calls are growing for Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Transportation department to allow more restaurants and bars to serve customers outdoors.