New York expands COVID vaccine access following latest federal changes
Gov. Kathy Hochul is giving pharmacists the power to prescribe and then administer the vaccine all in one visit. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is giving pharmacists the power to prescribe and then administer the vaccine all in one visit. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
Hochul signed an executive order Friday to make it easier to get the COVID-19 vaccine at pharmacies statewide.
The New York Times reports Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order that will grant access to the latest COVID vaccines to most New Yorkers.
Students across the five boroughs returned to the classroom on Thursday, and handed in electronic devices like phones, smart watches and tablets. CBS News New York's Doug Williams has more on how it went.
CBS News New York's Doug Williams spoke to students and parents about the new rule, while Natalie Duddridge was on hand for the first day in classrooms in Jersey City.
New York's Department of Taxation and Finance says the inflation refund checks will start hitting the mail at the end of September.
The White House border czar made it clear that cities like New York will be targeted next in a wave of immigration roundups. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
While it's just too early to know the impact it will have, CBS News New York's Doug Williams explains what it could mean for mental health, classroom interactions, and social media addiction.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that President Trump is impatient and ready to get the project up and running. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday responded to President Trump's potential targeting of the state as part of his cashless bail crackdown.
But as CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports, the president isn't ready to let up.
New York eliminated cash bail for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies in 2019, but public outcry forced Gov. Kathy Hochul to push through several reforms.
Hochul spoke out Tuesday, a day after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at states' so-called cashless bail policies. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The candidates for mayor are responding to the president's executive order on cashless bail. CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
President Trump signed the cashless bail executive order as the White House labeled it "a government-backed crime spree." CBS News New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
The Department of Homeland Security said the woman and her two children entered the U.S. illegally from Ecuador in 2022.
The MTA board approved an approximately $2 billion tunnel boring contract for the Second Avenue Subway line expansion in Harlem.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is slamming President Trump for threatening to send the National Guard to New York to fight crime.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams are firing back against President Trump's threats to deploy troops in New York City. The mayor sat down Tuesday for an exclusive interview with CBS News New York's Ali Bauman.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is firing back at President Trump for threatening to send the National Guard to New York to fight crime. As CBS News New York political reporter Marcia Kramer explains, Hochul is also taking aim at her potential Republican challenger.
Dozens of legal marijuana dispensaries ordered to close because New York officials mistakenly let them open too close to schools are asking for an exception to the law.
The Democrats fled the state, preventing a vote on Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps. As CBS News New York's Jessica Moore reports, Hochul says the gloves are off in fighting what she calls President Trump's "unconstitutional efforts."
The New York Office of Cannabis Management employees who got the requirement wrong are no longer employed by the state, the governor said.
New York City's first light rail system, which would link Brooklyn and Queens, is another step closer to becoming a reality.
Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded the MTA conduct a full review after extreme heat and rainstorms this week caused more mass transit problems.
