Henri cuts short Manilow set at NYC virus recovery concert
August 22, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — This time, Barry Manilow didn’t make it through the rain.
Unlike the Grammy-winning recording artist’s 1980 hit, “I Made It Through Rain,” the superstar-laden “Homecoming Concert” in New York City's Central Park was canceled because of dangerous weather as Hurricane Henri approached the Northeast on Saturday.
Crippling weather hampers vaccine deliveries, distribution
February 17, 2021 GMTThe icy blast across much of the U.S. injected more confusion and frustration into the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive Wednesday just when it was gathering speed, snarling vaccine deliveries and forcing the cancellation of countless shots around the country...
Closed since November, NYC middle schools to reopen soon
February 9, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's public middle school buildings will open this month after being closed since COVID-19 cases began to
Mayor orders probe after women accuse homeless shelter exec
February 8, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday ordered an independent audit of the city’s nonprofit shelter providers after a published report described multiple sexual abuse accusations against the top executive of one of the largest providers...
State to NYC: Can’t tap 2nd doses to give more 1st shots
February 4, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The state said no Thursday to New York City's bid to start vaccinating more people against COVID1-9 by using shots reserved for second doses...
Play ball! Yankee Stadium to open for vaccinations Friday
February 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Yankee Stadium will open as a COVID-19 vaccination site on Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov...
NYC health commissioner says he’s tested positive for virus
February 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's health commissioner, the face of the city's campaign to halt the spread of the coronavirus, announced Wednesday that he has been infected with the virus himself...
Racial disparities seen in New York City vaccination rates
January 31, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Black and Latino New York City residents are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than white or Asian New Yorkers, Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged Sunday as he vowed to continue expanding access to the shots in communities that have been ravaged by the virus...
All 1st-dose appointments postponed at 15 NYC vaccine sites
January 21, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Fifteen COVID-19 vaccination hubs run by New York City are postponing all first-dose appointments and other sites have stopped making new appointments as the state burns through its supply of the shots, officials said Thursday...
New York officials push for more COVID-19 vaccine supplies
January 19, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York's effort to speed up coronavirus inoculations is increasingly colliding with a lack of vaccine...
NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection
January 13, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week's insurrection at the U...
Send more vaccine doses to New York, officials urge
January 13, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The federal government must speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses to New York as appointments are snapped up as quickly as they go online, Gov...
NYC aims to end Trump contracts for ice rinks, golf course
January 12, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City is looking to terminate its contracts with President Donald Trump to run two Central Park skating rinks and other facilities after a Trump-inspired mob rioted and breached the U...
24-hour NYC vaccine sites open as eligibility is expanding
January 10, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Two mass COVID-19 vaccination sites opened in New York City on Sunday as New York prepared to widen vaccine eligibility to people over 75 and frontline workers including teachers and police officers...
Mayor says NYPD can get vaccines, governor says not so fast
January 6, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers seeking protection from the ravages of COVID-19 were caught Wednesday in the latest political tug-of-war between the city's mayor and the state's governor...
Parents of shot NYC officer: ‘Christmas miracle’ saved son
December 25, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The parents of a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life when he responded to a domestic dispute in Brooklyn called it a “Christmas miracle” that the bullet never cracked his skin, New York City's mayor said early Friday as he blamed the encounter in part on rough times...
NYC mayor: Sheriff to enforce quarantine for UK travelers
December 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) —
New York City will send sheriff’s deputies to the homes or hotel rooms of all travelers coming from the United Kingdom to ensure they comply with the city’s two-week COVID-19 quarantine requirement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday...
Admissions changes aim to remedy segregation in NYC schools
December 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City is changing its admission system for hundreds of middle and high schools, officials said Friday in announcing one of the most significant steps the nation's largest school system has taken in years to address racial segregation...
Watchdog: Floyd protests overwhelmed NYPD, sparking conflict
December 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department was caught off guard by the size of the spring protests after the killing of George Floyd and resorted to aggressive disorder control methods that stoked tensions and stifled free speech, the city's inspector general said in a report released Friday...
New sheriff in NYC? No, but pandemic lifts obscurity of one
December 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Raids. Checkpoints. Late-night busts. It's all been part of the job for the lawman tasked with enforcing New York City's COVID-19 restrictions...
Another casualty of 2020: The magic of the snow day
December 17, 2020 GMTBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Even before the first flakes fell, New York City’s first big snowfall of the season was doomed to be a gloomy disappointment for more than a million of its schoolchildren...
NYC setting up distribution plan for 1st wave of vaccines
December 3, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City is setting up plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccines starting this month, including making sure hospitals have the ultracold freezers needed to store the Pfizer vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday...
NYC officials ask older people to limit outside activities
December 2, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — With COVID-19 hospitalizations climbing, older New Yorkers and people with medical issues were urged by city officials Tuesday to limit activities outside their homes...
NYC to reopen schools, even as virus spread intensifies
November 29, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City will reopen its school system to in-person learning, and increase the number of days a week many children attend class, even as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday...
New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
November 24, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David Dinkins when he became New York City's first Black mayor in 1990...
Suspect arrested on charges he pushed man onto subway tracks
November 24, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of pushing another man onto subway tracks in Brooklyn was arrested early Tuesday, police said...
NYC mayor suggests indoor dining will likely shut down soon
November 20, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's public schools are closed. Will restaurants and bars be next?
The day after he announced that New York City schools would close to in-person learning, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that other businesses will likely shut down within a week or two, as well, to curb the spread of the coronavirus...
New York City schools to close again as virus rate rises
November 19, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U...
NYC schools stay open, deputies break up illegal fight club
November 17, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City school buildings remained open on Monday as the city's coronavirus test results stayed under the limit that would force a shutdown...
NYC virus rate stays below school-closing threshold, for now
November 16, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's coronavirus test results have not reached the level that would trigger a shutdown of public school buildings, so schools will remain open for now, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday...
NYC virus rate stays below school-closing line, for now
November 14, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Students, parents and teachers continued anxiously watching New York City's coronavirus test results as the latest figures Saturday fell under the city's threshold for shutting down school buildings, but the mayor warned that the city was at a “crucial” point in fighting the virus' resurgence...
As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again
November 13, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus resurgence in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning...
Car caravan replaces parade at NYC Veterans Day observance
November 11, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A caravan of 100 vintage jeeps, private cars and other vehicles paraded down New York's Fifth Avenue before dawn Wednesday in a socially distant Veterans Day observance...
Mental health workers to take lead in some NYC 911 calls
November 10, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Mental health workers will replace police officers in responding to some 911 calls next year in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday...
NYPD’s anti-discrimination chief linked to hateful messages
November 6, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The head of the New York Police Department's workplace discrimination office has been relieved of his command while officials investigate allegations that he posted hateful messages to a website where officers air grievances anonymously, the police commissioner said Thursday...
Voters line up in rain in New York on 3rd day of early vote
October 26, 2020 GMTNew Yorkers lined up to vote early for a third consecutive day Monday, many waiting under umbrellas, after a weekend that saw a crush of more than 400,000 voters statewide...
Officer suspended for blaring ‘Trump 2020’ from NYPD vehicle
October 25, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department said Sunday it has suspended an officer without pay a day after he was seen on video saying “Trump 2020” over a patrol vehicle's loudspeaker, a violation of department rules...
UN assembly chief unhappy at NY mayor spurning COVID meeting
October 23, 2020 GMTUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of the United Nations General Assembly wasn’t happy that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio rejected a meeting with him to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of the 193-member world organization -- and he issued a rare statement Friday expressing sadness and concern at the snub...
Mother Cabrini statue unveiled in NYC on Columbus Day
October 12, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo observed Columbus Day on Monday by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan...
De Blasio asks ICE to ban officers from identifying as NYPD
October 10, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio asked federal immigration authorities Friday to ban its officers from portraying themselves as local police, saying such practices drive victims and witnesses of crime “into the shadows and create fear...
Businesses shut in effort to contain virus in NYC hot spots
October 8, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of businesses and schools in New York City neighborhoods where coronavirus cases have spiked were closed Thursday by order of the governor, but questions swirled about how effectively officials could enforce the shutdown in areas where it has been met with resentment...
Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up
October 5, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered schools in certain New York City neighborhoods closed within a day in an attempt to halt flare-ups of the coronavirus...
Some Orthodox Jews bristle at NYC’s response to virus surge
October 5, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, many members are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer — social distancing, wearing masks...
Orthodox Jewish areas in NYC may see city-issued mask fines
September 29, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by a spike in coronavirus infections in a few Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, New York City officials will start issuing fines in those areas to people who refuse to wear masks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday...
Al Fresco Forever: NYC extends outdoor dining year-round
September 25, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Expanded outdoor dining for New York City restaurants will be extended year-round and made permanent, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday...
NYC mayor skips Saudi Arabia summit, citing rights concerns
September 24, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he is withdrawing from a virtual summit of world cities scheduled to be hosted by Saudi Arabia because of human rights concerns...
Virus uptick in Hasidic NYC neighborhoods causes concern
September 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A spike in COVID-19 cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations is raising alarm bells even as New York City's overall infection rate remains low, city officials said Wednesday...
For most NYC students, back to school but not the classroom
September 21, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn't the one anyone planned for. For most, it wasn't a return at all...
NYC mayor ‘very confident’ in new school reopening timeline
September 19, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio is confident that New York City will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to classrooms within the next two weeks, following closures because of the coronavirus pandemic, he said Friday...
NYC again delays in-person learning for most students
September 17, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s ambitious attempt to be among the first big cities to bring students back into classrooms closed by the coronavirus suffered another setback Thursday, as the mayor announced he was delaying the start of in-person instruction for most students due to a shortage of staff and supplies...
Doubts persist at start of NYC’s hybrid school year
September 16, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's already- delayed school year started remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that will serve as a prologue to the return of students to actual classrooms next week...
Once-unsafe streets now provide pupils refuge from pandemic
September 2, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A public school in Brooklyn is looking to show how classes can be moved outside to more safely facilitate in-person learning...
NYC delays start of school year to do more virus safety prep
September 1, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City postponed students' return to classrooms by more than a week to keep working on coronavirus safety precautions, announcing the delay Tuesday after teachers said they might OK a strike over the city's drive to open schools...
NYC tenants say they were misled into RNC video appearance
August 29, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Three of the four residents of New York City public housing whose criticisms of Mayor Bill de Blasio were used in a video at the Republican National Convention said they were never told their comments were to be showcased in that manner...
Trump says he’ll send feds if NYC can’t stop bloodshed
August 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is again threatening to send federal agents to New York City if local authorities don't stop a surge of violence that has left seven people dead and more than 50 people shot since Friday...
NYC public health chief resigns after friction over COVID-19
August 4, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — New York City's top public health official resigned Tuesday in a shake-up that followed months of tension over the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic and comes as officials are anxiously striving to keep it in check...
NYC submits plan to reopen nation’s largest school district
July 31, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A positive coronavirus test in a New York City school will trigger a two-week classroom shutdown under a reopening plan announced by the nation's largest public school system...
Revel suspends NYC scooter service after 2nd fatal crash
July 28, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Ride-sharing scooter startup Revel said Tuesday it is suspending operations in New York City after a second fatal crash in less than two weeks...
Police in riot gear clear NYC’s ‘Occupy City Hall’ camp
July 23, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Police in riot gear raided an encampment of protesters and homeless people near New York’s City Hall before dawn Wednesday, clearing out the camp that formed a month ago to push for budget cuts and other changes to the nation's largest police department...