NYPD Honors 46 Members Lost To COVID-Related Deaths
Police officers are trained for many scenarios, but no one was prepared to combat the threat of COVID-19.
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Police officers are trained for many scenarios, but no one was prepared to combat the threat of COVID-19.
It may be Cuomo's biggest slap-down of de Blasio in their often tense relationship, an assessment that the mayor's plans for dealing with a surging infection rate is ineffective.
The citywide positive test rate over the last week is 1.72%, but some zip codes are seeing double, even quadruple.
The closures would begin Wednesday, Oct. 7, affecting nonessential businesses, plus all schools and daycare.
CBS2 has obtained new evidence that many people living in areas where there are COVID-19 clusters continue to ignore safety precautions.
It comes as coronavirus cases have seen a sharp increase in several neighborhoods.
It's part of an effort to save the city millions of dollars as it deals with the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
De Blasio said the daily infection rate is 3.25%, but the seven-day rolling average is 1.38%.
Mulgrew is making the demand as elementary schools opened for in-person learning Tuesday. High schools and middle schools open on Thursday, with 500,000 students in all returning to school.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza got a failing grade from the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators.
One extends protections for businesses that have trouble paying their rent, preventing landlords from going after owners' personal assets.
There's a new standoff over safety at New York City public schools.
The school year for most of New York City's 1.1 million students officially starts next weeks, but are schools and the de Blasio Administration ready?
The mayor said restaurants will be allowed to permanently expand into parking areas in front of their restaurants and adjacent storefronts.
Cuomo blasted de Blasio for allegedly dragging his feet in drawing up a plan to redesign the NYPD.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to know why Mayor de Blasio hasn't started to come up with a plan to redesign the NYPD, as gun violence goes unabated in New York City.
The clusters are in Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Midwood, Williamsburg, Edgemere, Far Rockaway and Kew Gardens.
The coronavirus pandemic is altering another iconic New York tradition.
The move is expected to save $21 million in an effort to bridge the city's $9 billion deficit.
The big question is whether students in actual classrooms will still have to learn remotely. The mayor says no. The teachers union says yes.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says safety remains his top priority.
President Donald Trump has taken the next step in his threat to defund the Big Apple as punishment for defunding the NYPD.
The mayor said the delay will help address a staffing shortage and to make sure buildings are safe, but some parents and teachers are not convinced.
The city's blended learning model was supposed to start Sept. 10, but in-person classes were already pushed to Sept. 21.
A Brooklyn mom told CBS2 exclusively on Wednesday she kept her daughter home from school to keep her safe, only to be faced with a whole different danger.
