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New York City, facing a shortage of testing supplies and stagnating progress battling COVID-19, will launch a test-and-trace program.
According to the mayor, New Yorkers won't elbow their way to the bar or duck into a hole-in-the-wall restaurant for a very long time.
New York renters cannot be evicted for failing to pay rent until Aug. 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.
"Stop and frisk was a systematic, oppressive, unconstitutional strategy,," the mayor said. "This is the furthest thing from that."
There's a 28 percent chance it could snow in New York City Friday night, National Weather Service forecasters said.
Booze, smokes, jewels and electronics were taken by the brick-wielding bandit, cops said.
New Yorkers staying home — not essential workers or nursing home residents — made up the bulk of new COVID-19 hospitalizations, Cuomo said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is considering cutting city staff if the federal government does not provide immediate emergency funds.
For the first time in 115 years, New York City dwellers could not catch the subway at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The COVID-19 shutdown forced the nonprofit, which provides aid to homeless New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS, to lay off nearly 200 workers.
Comptroller Scott Stringer warned New York to expect 900,000 jobs lost as novel coronavirus ravages the city's economy.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised New York City it would have 24-hour subway service, "when the pandemic is not problematic to this extent."
Said Commissioner Dermot Shea of a recent social distance arrest, "A punch should not be assumed to be excessive force."
Fifteen New York City kids have been hospitalized with Kawasaki disease, which may be linked to new coronavirus, officials said.
“Paul gave his life for us and we’re going to honor him," Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed Friday. “He clearly saved lives while he was here.”
New York's schools will not reopen this spring as the state continues to battle the spread of the new coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
More than seven miles of streets in and around New York City parks will close to car traffic Monday, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
This is what happens when a portmanteau is taken too far.
"We demand a housing system that prioritizes people's homes over people's profits," said organizer Cea Weaver.
"This is going to be one of the most aggressive, creative, challenging endeavors the MTA has done," said Cuomo.
