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With the Williamsburg Bridge as a backdrop, Michelle Shurunova jumps rope on a grassy hill at Brooklyn Bridge Park during the current coronavirus outbreak, Sunday, May 17, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York to allow small Memorial Day ceremonies

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In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, with Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, listens to a reporter's question in New York. DeBlasio says he's investigating a report that the city's health commissioner spoke dismissively of the health concerns of police officers during a heated phone call with a top police commander in the early days of the coronavirus crisis. The Mayor said he wants to speak with Barbot and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan to &quot;understand exactly what happened&quot; during the exchange in late March. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Bill de Blasio defends busting Orthodox Jewish school yeshiva gathering

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

People enjoy warm weather during the coronavirus pandemic in Central Park Saturday, May 16, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NY widens testing eligibility as social distancing hits snag

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, with Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, listens to a reporter's question in New York. DeBlasio says he's investigating a report that the city's health commissioner spoke dismissively of the health concerns of police officers during a heated phone call with a top police commander in the early days of the coronavirus crisis. The Mayor said he wants to speak with Barbot and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan to &quot;understand exactly what happened&quot; during the exchange in late March. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Bill de Blasio threatens to shutter bars afters New Yorkers crowd establishments

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A pedestrians wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic Friday, May 15, 2020, New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mayor: NYPD won’t break up small groups, police masks

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

People wearing masks wait in line for food donations Wednesday, May 13, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC broadens guidelines for who should be tested for virus

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FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, a man wears a face mask as he walks on Pier 45 in Hudson River Park in New York. Police officers will start limiting access to a handful of New York City parks that have become poster children for bad social distancing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday, May 8. The parks, two built on piers that stick out into the Hudson River and one on Brooklyn's East River waterfront, have all been shamed on social media in recent weeks for imagines showing mostly unmaksed young people sprawled out on blankets without much regard for rules barring people from getting withing six feet of anyone they don't live with.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

‘Every parent’s nightmare’: Boy’s death may have virus link

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

People walk by ambulances parked outside NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in New York during the coronavirus pandemic. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says most COVID-19 patients coming into New York hospitals are not working and not traveling daily and tend to be older than 50. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Eviction protection extended; push for antibody testing

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

A man is removed from a train by a New York Police officer at the Coney Island Stillwell Avenue Terminal, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bill de Blasio: Police enforcement of social distancing despite violent clashes

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

In this April 29, 2020 image made from video provided by Adegoke Atunbi, New York City police officers wrestle a man to the ground while making an arrest in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The video is among those posted on social media recently that show the NYPD using physical force while out enforcing the city's 6-foot-of-distance social distance rule. Despite mounting pressure from watchdogs to stop using police to enforce social distancing, Mayor Bill de Blasio stood by the practice on Thursday, May 7, saying: &quot;We're not going to sideline the NYPD.&quot; (Adegoke Atunbi via AP)

NYPD distancing arrests: Many non-whites, at times violently

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Despite violent arrest, NYPD to maintain distancing patrols

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

People leave home for the outdoors as the temperature hovered around 70 degrees, even as the stay-at-home order remained in effect with Governor Andrew Cuomo warning that any change in behavior could reignite the spread of coronavirus, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NY joining six states to buy vital coronavirus gear in bulk

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee, left, explains part of a three-step disinfectant process of a New York City Subway train car to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the Corona Maintenance Facility in the borough of Queens borough of New York, Saturday, May 2, 2020. Gov. Cuomo announced on Thursday April 30, that New York City is shutting down its subway system each day from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to increase cleaning of trains and stations during the coronavirus crisis. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)

Andrew Cuomo: New York to create Northeast supply chain for coronavirus testing supplies

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A woman wears a face mask as she walks on Pier 45 in Hudson River Park, Thursday evening, April 30, 2020, in New York. As the new coronavirus pandemic upends lives across the United States, it is taking a widespread toll on people's mental health and stress levels, according to a survey that finds a majority of Americans felt nervous, depressed, lonely or hopeless in the past week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York schools staying closed through spring, Cuomo says

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Bicyclists and a pedestrian pass through a quiet Manhattan street during the coronavirus pandemic in New York, March 26, 2020. New York’s horrible April -- among the worst in its history — is over. Only time will tell if the coronavirus pandemic that made it so awful will fade in May. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

AP PHOTOS: With awful April bygone, New York’s hopes bloom

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

NYC mayor says Colorado EMT’s death will be honored forever

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2020, file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the USTA Indoor Training Center where a 350-bed temporary hospital will be built in New York. De Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. He tweeted Tuesday, April 28, that his message to the Jewish community “and all communities” is that the time for warnings has passed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

NYC mayor takes heat after lashing out at Jewish funeral

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

In this March 31, 2020, file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the USTA Indoor Training Center where a 350-bed temporary hospital will be built in New York. De Blasio oversaw the dispersal of a large, tightly packed Hasidic Jewish funeral and lashed out at the mourners who had gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. He tweeted Tuesday, April 28, that his message to the Jewish community “and all communities” is that the time for warnings has passed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Bill de Blasio slammed for singling out ‘Jewish community’ after breaking up rabbi’s crowded funeral

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the USTA Indoor Training Center where a 350-bed temporary hospital will be built Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor, blunders his way through coronavirus crisis

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times