Hundreds Of New York City Schools Closed In Neighborhoods With Coronavirus Upticks
The schools will be closed for at least two weeks, and the change has many parents scrambling.
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The schools will be closed for at least two weeks, and the change has many parents scrambling.
Tables and chairs were stacked up inside one classroom inside the Eleanor Van Gelder School on Monday. The hallways were eerily quiet, as teachers worked with students virtually.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo believes mass gatherings are the priority right now to curb the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases.
Murphy called the trip the "wrong decision at every level" and said it should have been canceled.
President Donald Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, hours after the medical team treating him cautioned that he is "not out of the woods yet."
The closures are happening one day earlier than the mayor proposed.
A community activist and a local artist are teaming up to bring the life back into Chinatown, which has felt like a ghost town during the pandemic.
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.
After flattening the curve for months, the Garden State is seeing the highest number of cases since the spring.
President Trump says he is leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday evening, three days after he was admitted to receive treatment for COVID-19.
The citywide positive test rate over the last week is 1.72%, but some zip codes are seeing double, even quadruple.
The governor says anyone associated with the fundraiser must self-quarantine.
The state's fourth-largest school district had already started remote learning, and about one third of students have chosen to stay remote-only.
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.
President Trump briefly departed Walter Reed Medical Center on Sunday in a SUV to wave to supporters who gathered outside as he received treatment after testing positive for COVID-19.
The school serves about 340 students in grades 6 through 12 and is located in Sheepshead Bay.
Assuming there are no additional positive coronavirus tests, the Patriots will play the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday at 7:05 p.m., the NFL announced on Sunday.
Chris Christie has tested positive for COVID-19, the former Governor of New Jersey announced on Twitter on Saturday.
President Trump, who was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday for COVID-19 treatment, said in a four-minute long Twitter video on Saturday night that he is feeling "much better."
Hot spots in Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland and Orange counties continue to have positive test rates higher than the state average.
The NFL announced Sunday's Patriots-Chiefs game on CBS has been postponed after New England QB Cam Newton reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump's physician, provided an update Saturday on the president's condition at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
CBS2 has obtained new evidence that many people living in areas where there are COVID-19 clusters continue to ignore safety precautions.
