Following Dramatic Spike In COVID-19 Cases, Advocates And Public Defenders Join Call For Decarceration On Troubled Rikers Island

The commissioner of the Department of Correction is sounding the alarm about a surge in COVID-19 cases on Rikers Island.

• Dec 22, 2021

New York City Teachers' Union Expresses Concern Over School COVID-19 Testing Protocols, Says Remote Learning May Have To Happen

The teachers' union has come out with a stern warning for the incoming administration -- fix the COVID-19 testing problems, or risk having to go back to remote learning.

• Dec 22, 2021

Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Taps Ydanis Rodriguez As Next Commissioner Of Department Of Transportation

Mayor-elect Eric Adams' new administration is continuing to take shape.

• Dec 21, 2021

Noticing Unusually High Prices For At-Home COVID Test Kits? New York Attorney General Wants To Know About Them

The New York attorney general has received complaints of price gouging on testing products.

• Dec 21, 2021

Outgoing Nassau County Executive Laura Curran: 'I'm Confident We Left This Place A Heck Of A Lot Better Than We Found It'

In a county where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 100,000, incumbent Laura Curran lost her bid for re-election as Nassau County executive.

• Dec 21, 2021

Sources: Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Considering Nixing Swearing-In Ceremony In Brooklyn Due To Spike In COVID-19 Cases

The ceremony is scheduled to take place on Jan. 1 at the Kings Theatre, which holds 3,000 seats, instead of the traditional City Hall.

• Dec 20, 2021

Mayor-Elect Eric Adams Appoints 5 Deputy Mayors, All Women, Including 2 Of Asian Descent

The five women will help lead the new administration by assisting with overseeing operations, economic development, and health and human services, to name a few.

• Dec 20, 2021

With COVID-19 Positivity Rate Soaring, Long Island Getting Proactive To Beat Back The Surge

Long Island currently has the highest seven-day average of new positive COVID-19 cases in the state.

• Dec 20, 2021

Former President Donald Trump Sues New York Attorney General Letitia James Over Civil Investigation

The lawsuit describes James, a Democrat, as having "personal disdain for Trump."

• Dec 20, 2021

New York State Sets COVID-19 Infection Record For Third Straight Day, With More Than 22,000 Positive Cases

Mayor Bill de Blasio is warning a swift wave of Omicron variant cases is taking hold in New York City.

• Dec 19, 2021

Sen. Joe Manchin Pulls Support For President Biden's $1.75 Trillion Social Spending Plan

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Sunday he can no longer support President Biden's Build Back Better Act, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan.

• Dec 19, 2021

Sens. Elizabeth Warren And Cory Booker Test Positive For COVID Breakthrough

In separate statements Sunday, the Democrats said they had been fully vaccinated with two doses and a booster and their symptoms were mild.

• Dec 19, 2021

New York City Sees COVID Positivity Rate, Fueled By Omicron Variant, Double In 3 Days

Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest surge in case, one of the city's top doctors said Thursday, "We've never seen this before."

• Dec 17, 2021

Home Health Care Aides Say They Hope New Bill In Albany Will Get Them The Increase In Wages They Deserve

Home health aides are asking New York state for a raise. They say the current minimum wage is not a living wage for caregivers, and as a result, there is a critical shortage.

• Dec 15, 2021

Keechant Sewell Named NYPD's First Female Commissioner; Adams: It 'Sends Powerful Message To Girls And Young Women'

Adams searched across the country to find his choice, but in the end, he didn't have to go far. Sewell grew up at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. 

• Dec 15, 2021

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