Enforcement Starts In New York City's COVID-19 Hot Zones; Borough Park Among Areas With Tightest Restrictions
Enforcement in New York City's COVID-19 hot zones started Friday.
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Enforcement in New York City's COVID-19 hot zones started Friday.
"I want you to come here, and I want all of your worries to go away," owner Joy Thomas told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
Police said one woman was tending to her child when she was assaulted.
CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer put the tough questions to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday.
Video shows a car plow into two people at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Wallabout Street in Williamsburg.
Gunfire erupted around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on Hegeman Avenue near Osborn Street in Brownsville.
Starting Thursday, the Department of Education says a total of 169 school sites will be fully remote for at least the next two weeks.
The new lockdown is set to begin Thursday in COVID hot zones in Brooklyn and Queens.
The COVID-19 shutdown plan is getting a lot of pushback from other New Yorkers, especially churches and businesses.
Cuomo called it a "cluster action initiative," with red, orange and yellow categories giving different limits.
The statue stood outside Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace on West 17th Street and Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island. It was worth $4,000.
The superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Brooklyn called the move "unconscionable" at a rally outside Good Shepherd Catholic Academy.
The schools will be closed for at least two weeks, and the change has many parents scrambling.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo believes mass gatherings are the priority right now to curb the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases.
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 flames broke out around 1:15 a.m. on the top floor of a three-story building on Pitkin Avenue.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Kings Highway at East 28th Street.
A beloved Brooklyn diner in danger of closing for good has gotten help from neighbors determined to save it. They are rallying around the owner, a single mother of four.
The closures would begin Wednesday, Oct. 7, affecting nonessential businesses, plus all schools and daycare.
The school serves about 340 students in grades 6 through 12 and is located in Sheepshead Bay.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene, which crews were able to get under control.
One would triple the minimum jail time and the other would require tracing where the guns originated.
To comply with pandemic safety measures, owner Vlane Carter turned indoor screens to face the street, allowing visitors to play video games from outside.
Elected officials say the renaming honors a true American hero.
Health officials say while compliance is improving through education, in most of the hot spots, the rate of infection continues to rise.
