Non-Profit Help USA Providing High Speed Internet For Students Attending Online Classes In Temporary Homeless Shelters
Help USA, a non-profit, is installing WiFi at all of its facilities to ensure 600 families have high speed internet access.
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Help USA, a non-profit, is installing WiFi at all of its facilities to ensure 600 families have high speed internet access.
A Brooklyn baby's home life was uncertain after her foster mother passed away from COVID-19. But the woman's sister selflessly stepped in to help.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic effect on health care in this country.
The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of an untold number of events. And new figures show more than half of ticket holders still haven't gotten their money back.
De Blasio introduced a "Back To School Pledge," highlighting the amounts of hand sanitizer and PPE available in schools, among other aspects of the city's preparations.
Cleaning crews in hazmat suits were deep cleaning Bay Ridge Catholic Academy as it prepares to welcome back pre-school through eighth grade students full time in September.
Mayor Bill de Blasio sounded the alarm Wednesday about another neighborhood in Brooklyn which is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Members of the Jersey City Police Department were on food delivery duty Wednesday morning, going door to door and handing out meal kits to locals.
The union representing New York City teachers is demanding uniform safety measures before agreeing to allow its members to go back to school.
Reopening phases have come and gone, but as for dining at New York City restaurants, it remains outdoor only. So what is the plan when the seasons change and the temperatures drop?
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's Test and Trace Corps visited Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for "Get Tested Tuesday."
The grand slam tennis event is scheduled to start Aug. 31 without fans at the Billie Jean Tennis Center in Queens.
Police say there have been 21 hate crimes against Asian Americans reported since March. Seventeen of those led to arrests.
It's scheduled to be released Oct. 13.
Students in the classroom will wear masks and observe social distancing rules.
With New York's coronavirus infection rate now the lowest in the nation, experts are calling the state America's success story.
Concerns are growing over coronavirus outbreaks as college students return to campus.
Some owners are asking the mayor and governor to allow them to open now and give them more time to fulfill the mandatory health inspection.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is cracking down on visitors from restricted states, and enforcing the law for them to quarantine for 14 days.
Four million facemasks, 3.5 million bottles of hand sanitizer and more than 80,000 containers of disinfecting wipes are being made available to schools.
The viruses share symptoms, and fighting an outbreak of both could put more stress on our already exhausted health care system.
He spent more than three months in multiple hospitals battling COVID-19. But on Monday, a Valley Stream man in his 30s was discharged.
The method, called "Saliva Direct," checks for the virus' genetics and has been shown to be as accurate as nasal swab tests. It's being further validated in the so-called NBA bubble.
Monday marks another milestone on New York's road to reopening.
The Board of Education says students will be taught remotely until November, which is the end of the first marking period.
