March 26, 2020 By Allie Griffin

New York City will release 300 more inmates from Rikers Island amid fears of the coronavirus spreading across the sprawling jail facility.

The city’s public Elmhurst Hospital in Queens has been overrun with seriously ill coronavirus patients — including 13 who died in a 24-hour span, officials said Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the city public hospital systems said Elmhurst is “at the center of this crisis,” and that the number of deaths recorded between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon was consistent with the crush of patients.

March 25, 2020 By Allie Griffin

New York City parks and playgrounds will continue to remain open — as long as people adhere to social distancing rules and avoid group sports, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today.

March 24, 2020 By Allie Griffin

The rate of new coronavirus cases is doubling every three days in New York State and the apex of the crisis is expected to hit in about two-to-three weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today.

March 24, 2020 By Michael Dorgan

A new hotline to report hate crimes and xenophobic-based incidents has been set up in the wake of the coronavirus spread and anti-Asian rhetoric.

March 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that the city is considering releasing “hundreds” more inmates to slow the spread of coronavirus at its prison facilities.

March 23, 2020 By Allie Griffin

New York State will send hundreds of thousands of masks, gloves, gowns and face shields to New York City, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today.

March 23, 2020 By Michael Dorgan

Finally some good news for New York straphangers – MTA bus trips will now be free while New York fights the coronavirus pandemic.

March 21, 2020 By Christian Murray

New York State has conducted more coronavirus tests than any other state, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this morning.

March 20, 2020 By Allie Griffin

New York will essentially shut down on Sunday in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus, following an order Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in Albany today.

March 20, 2020 By Michael Dorgan

Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that hair and nail salons, tattoo parlors and other personal care providers will shutter across New York state from 8 p.m. Saturday.