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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, author and filmmaker James McBride poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. McBride’s &quot;Deacon King Kong&quot; a fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in the late 1969, has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ wins inaugural Gotham prize

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Paramedic Travis Kessel stands for a portrait during the coronavirus outbreak Friday, March 26, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. “It seems to be we’re heading in the right direction,” Kessel said. “There’s going to be hiccups, but at this point, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Whether it’s real or not is yet to be determined.” (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year’s fight for the future

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Funeral held for firefighter killed in blaze at care home

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Foes gear up for newest fight against NJ/NY gas pipeline

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

George Soros to give $500M to Bard College in New York

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This undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday, March 27, 2021, shows the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP)

‘Excelsior Pass’ vaccine passport for Yankee Stadium entry pushes MLB into pandemic politics

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A business that has closed permanently displays a sign near the entrance, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. The “For Rent” signs on storefronts and offices around the world provide a stark illustration of COVID's toll on small businesses. With government restrictions and fear keeping consumers out of restaurants, stores and other establishments, businesses that operate on narrow revenue streams have struggled the past year. Or, they’ve disappeared, leaving millions of workers unemployed. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The New York and California exodus

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

This image released by Bravo shows Jen Shah, a cast member from the reality series &quot;The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.&quot; Authorities announced that Shah and Stuart Smith were arrested Tuesday in Utah on federal fraud charges. (Chad Kirkland/Bravo via AP)

2 members of Salt Lake City’s ‘Real Housewives’ arrested

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Bonney Ginett sifts through paperwork for her application to a federally-funded program to help pay back rent Thursday, March 18, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. Ginett, whose massage therapy business dried up during the pandemic, applied for help in July and said she was denied in October because she failed to prove loss of income. The 65-year-old New York City resident now owes more than $26,000 in back rent on her one-bedroom apartment and fears eviction. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Monday Sports in Brief

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FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, people enjoy the warming weather and a view of lower Manhattan at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Virus fight stalls in early hot spots New York, New Jersey

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, nursing home residents make a line for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, in Harlem neighborhood of New York. Vaccines have begun saving lives in New York's nursing homes, but they haven't yet cured another crisis caused by the pandemic: loneliness. Persistently high rates of COVID-19 have left the majority of the state's nursing homes off limits to visitors, despite relaxed guidance meant to help reopen them.(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Vaccines haven’t cured loneliness in New York nursing homes

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE — In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, Maryama Diaw, a contact tracer with New York City's Health + Hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic, sets up her remote calling system at her home before reaching out to potential patients, in New York. Coronavirus contact tracing programs across the U.S. scaled back their ambitions as cases surged in winter, but New York City has leaned into its $600 million tracing initiative. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

As contact tracing ebbs in parts of US, NYC stays committed

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

NYC housing inspector suspended over anti-Asian naming bias

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People enjoy a sunny day in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. A year after the pandemic began, the nation’s largest metropolis -- with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull -- is adapting and showing new life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire that burned down the Evergreen Court Home for Adults Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Spring Valley, N.Y. The fire swept through the suburban New York assisted living home and caused a partial collapse early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Volunteer firefighter killed in care home blaze was dad to 2

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo greets people after speaking at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

1st case of Brazilian virus variant confirmed in New York

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NY lawmakers seek Cuomo backing on solitary confinement bill

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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, students arrive with their guardians for in-person classes at Public School 188 in New York. New York City public school students will get another chance to go back to school in-person this spring after federal authorities eased their guidance on how many children can safely fit in a classroom. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

NYC gives families new chance to choose in-person school

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

De Blasio gets vaccinated, blasts Cuomo on pandemic rules

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