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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2020, file photo, passengers stand on line at John F. Kennedy International Airport in the Queens borough of New York. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, that the state is now requiring travelers from non-neighboring states to test for COVID-19 before and after arrival in the state. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Many travelers to NY must test for virus to avoid quarantine

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Dismissal of gun count in kindergarten party slaying sought

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‘Very confident’: NYC hospitals prepare for virus resurgence

By JIM MUSTIAN and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Medical personnel prepare to administer a COVID-19 swab at a drive-through testing site in Lawrence, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The rate of COVID-19 infections has risen enough in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut to require those states' residents to quarantine if they travel to New York, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York won't enforce the rules against those residents. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rising infections complicate rules for New York-area travel

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2020, file photo, families of COVID-19 victims who died in New York nursing homes gather in front of Cobble Hill Heath Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, to demand New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologize for his response to clusters in nursing homes during the pandemic. The Justice Department vastly expanded its inquiry into whether New York is undercounting the number of nursing home residents dead from the coronavirus, demanding the state turn over death tallies from hundreds of private facilities. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Justice Department ramps up inquiry into NY care home deaths

By BERNARD CONDON and MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2020, file photo, families of COVID-19 victims who died in New York nursing homes gather in front of Cobble Hill Heath Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, to demand New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologize for his response to clusters in nursing homes during the pandemic. The Justice Department vastly expanded its inquiry into whether New York is undercounting the number of nursing home residents dead from the coronavirus, demanding the state turn over death tallies from hundreds of private facilities. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Justice Department expands New York nursing home deaths probe

By Bernard Condon and Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

People wait in line at an early voting site in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. New Yorkers lined up to vote early for a fourth consecutive day Tuesday after a weekend that saw a crush of more than 400,000 voters statewide. The unofficial tally shows about 194,000 voters this weekend in New York City, where some people waited an hour or more in lines that stretched for several blocks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Deadline approaching for absentee ballot requests in NY

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

People line up at an early voting location near Lincoln Center Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in New York. Early voting ahead of the Nov. 3 general election continued for the second day in New York state. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Voters line up in rain in New York on 3rd day of early vote

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

A voter completes an absentee ballot form at the Albany County Board of Elections building, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Early voting makes presidential election debut in New York

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

UN assembly chief unhappy at NY mayor spurning COVID meeting

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Medical personnel at a drive-in COVID-19 testing site talk to a client in Lawrence, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The rate of COVID-19 infections has risen enough in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut to require those states' residents to quarantine if they travel to New York, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York won't enforce the rules against those residents. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NY sees most virus cases since May as state targets clusters

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, a pedestrian is given direction to a crosswalk by a traffic agent in New York. Most crosswalks in New York City violate laws protecting the disabled by failing to properly protect blind and low-vision pedestrians, a judge ruled Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Judge rules NYC crosswalks fail to protect blind pedestrians

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FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a study released Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, from the New School. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Older workers face higher unemployment amid virus pandemic

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he arrives at The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden tax plan could bring 62% tax rate to high earners in New York City, California: Report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

NY mulls travel rules as neighboring states hit threshold

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Pedestrians in protective masks pass a storefront on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, as restrictions on operations are imposed due to an increase in COVID-19 infections in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York. After shutdowns swept entire nations during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world. New York’s new round of shutdowns zeroes in on individual neighborhoods, closing schools and businesses in hot spots measuring just a few square miles. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE -This May 13, 2020 file photo shows AMC Empire 25 theatre in Times Square in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced limited reopening of theaters outside the city area, allowing 25 percent capacity, or a max of 50 people per screen beginning Oct. 23. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Cuomo: Movie theaters in NY can open Friday, with limits

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Republican commissioner Rachel Bledi ,left, and Frank Bongiorno sort Absentee Ballots at the Albany County Board of Elections building Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NY officials optimistic about fixes to mail-in voting system

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

A woman holds a sign as she and others protest outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in New York. Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a &quot;streak of anti-Semitic discrimination&quot; with a recent crackdown on religious gatherings to reduce the state's coronavirus infection rate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Jewish leaders call COVID rules ‘blatantly anti-Semitic’

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Wall Street executive Ray McGuire joins NYC mayor’s race

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