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Customers dine outside Dudley's, Monday, June 22, 2020, in New York. New York City ventured into a crucial stage of reopening as stores let people in Monday, offices brought workers back, restaurants seated customers outdoors and residents both welcomed and worried about rebounding from the nation's deadliest coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC delays resumption of indoor dining at restaurants

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2020, file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wears a mask while honoring healthcare workers at Brooklyn's Kings County Hospital Center in New York. The New York City Marathon scheduled for Nov. 1, 2020, has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “While the marathon is an iconic and beloved event in our city, I applaud New York Road Runners for putting the health and safety of both spectators and runners first,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FIle)

Trump calls Black Lives Matter mural for Trump Tower a ‘symbol of hate,’ slams de Blasio

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Police stand on the street beside a protest encampment surrounded by handmade signs and barricades outside City Hall, Friday, June 26, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC passes austere budget that cuts $1B from NYPD

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Protesters gather as part of a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, and to highlight police brutality nationwide, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ** FILE **

Andrew Cuomo’s praise for BLM protests sinks his coronavirus church shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 27, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Andrew Cuomo wrong to encourage protests but keep NY churches locked down, judge rules

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this June 6, 2020, file photo provided by the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C., the Washington Monument and the White House are visible behind the words Black Lives Matter painted in bright yellow letters on the 16th Street, in Washington. (Khalid Naji-Allah/Executive Office of the Mayor via AP)

Trump tweets about plan for BLM mural in front of his Tower

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

NYPD commissioner suspends officer for ‘apparent chokehold’

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NYC restaurants can open with outdoor seating on Monday

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

People inspired by a speaker raise their hands during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in New York. Protests have grown and continued since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Coronavirus tracers in New York City will not ask positive tests if they attended protests

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Michael O'Meara, president of the New York State Association of PBAs, speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. A New York City police officer who was caught on video violently shoving a woman to the ground during a protest over the death of George Floyd was charged Tuesday with assault and other counts, prosecutors announced. NYC PBA president Pat Lynch said the mayor and police leaders were "sacrificing cops to save their own skin" by sending officers out to protests with "no support and no clear plan." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York police union officials fume over de Blasio, public response to law enforcement

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Terrence Floyd, brother of the deceased George Floyd, speaks with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, during a rally at Cadman Plaza Park, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bill de Blasio vows to defund to New York Police

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

People watch as police arrest protesters for breaking a curfew during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, Friday, June 5, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd, an African American man, died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Thousands march in NYC as curfew ends and peace prevails

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

NYC readies to reopen as virus hospitalizations, deaths dip

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Monday, June 1, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor, refuses National Guard, armed forces to combat riots

By Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Chiara de Blasio, Bill de Blasio daughter, arrested in George Floyd protest

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

People engage in social distancing on the boardwalk during the coronavirus pandemic Friday, May 22, 2020, in Long Beach, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York City now alone in state in keeping economy closed

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

Curtis Sliwa, in Guardian Angels beret, defies no-swim order

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