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Cuomo: 105 NYC, LI bars cited for distancing violations

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NY mail-in voting deluge fuels uncounted ballots, confusion

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Thomas Panek runs with his running guide, Blaze, a Labrador retriever, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Central Park in New York. Panek, a blind runner with a wall full of ribbons from marathons he ran with a human guide, developed a canine running guide training program five years ago after he became president and CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind in suburban New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Guide dogs helping blind runners stay fit despite pandemic

By MARY ESCH - Associated Press

This combination of photos provided by the School Sisters of St. Francis shows Sisters Annelda Holtkamp, Bernadette Kelter, Josephine Seier and Marie June Skender. The nuns, who died from COVID-19 in March and April 2020, had retired years ago. Some moved into the Our Lady of the Angels assisted living facility in Wisconsin, when it opened in 2011. (School Sisters of St. Francis via AP)

26 deaths in 3 US convents, as nuns confront the pandemic

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

New literary prize is $50,000 honor for best New York story

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

People wearing protective masks during the coronavirus pandemicwalk along the High Line Park, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in New York. The Highline opened today after having been closed the last few months during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mayor says NYC can perform 50,000 coronavirus tests daily

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Anil Lilly, center, holds his granddaughter Paige alongside his wife, Joyce, at their new home, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Washingtonville, N.Y. New Yorkers anxious after weathering the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are fueling a boom in home sales and rentals around the picturesque towns and wooded hills to the north. Real estate brokers and agents describe a red-hot market recently, with many house hunters able to work from home. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New Yorkers ditching city for elbow room fuel housing boom

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

A customer of Cosmo's barber shop receives a haircut in the parking lot in front of the shop on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Pleasanton, Calif. Throughout May and June, California reopened much of its economy, and people resumed shopping in stores and dining in restaurants. NBut infections began to surge and a new round of business restrictions were imposed, including a ban on indoor dining in restaurants and bars.(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

California moves past NY, now tops in nation for virus cases

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

This combo shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 27, 2020, left, and Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington on March 28, 2017. A top House Democrat demanded an apology Tuesday, July 21, 2020, from Mr. Yoho who is accused of using a sexist slur after an angry encounter with Ocasio-Cortez. Mr. Yoho apologized on the House floor on July 22 for the previous day's heated exchange, but denied that he called the New York Democrat a "f***ing b*tch." (AP Photo, File) **FILE**

Rep. Yoho apologizes for heated exchange with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio discusses nationwide violence by Black Live Matter protesters, along with President Trump's response, July 22, 2020. The Democrat said that a lawsuit would be filed if federal agents are deployed to protect federal buildings in the city. (Image: MSNBC, "Morning Joe" video screenshot)

Bill de Blasio vows lawsuit if Trump orders agents to protect federal buildings from Antifa, BLM

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 1, 1934, file photo, Margaret Sanger, who founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, speaks before a Senate committee to advocate for federal birth-control legislation in Washington. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is removing Sanger's name from a Manhattan clinic because of the birth control pioneer's ties to the eugenics movement, the organization announced Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo, File)

Sanger’s name to be dropped from NYC clinic over eugenics

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020 file photo, two visitors wear masks as they walk through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. New York City won't open malls and museums Monday, July 20, 2020, even if the city is allowed to move into the next phase of reopening, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo promises more crackdowns on bars and restaurants. Of the Metropolitan Museum: &quot;I think they can plan to reopen. And then we'll see what the facts say,&quot; Cuomo said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC cleared to reopen zoos, play ball; museums stay shut

By MICHAEL HILL and KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - This June 23, 2020 file photo shows Jamaal Bowman speaking to attendees during his primary-night party. The former middle school principal has toppled 16-term U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in New York’s Democratic congressional primary. Many votes cast by mail in the race have yet to be counted, but an AP analysis of absentee ballots returned so far indicated Friday, July 17, that Bowman’s lead was too large for Engel to overcome. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, FIle)

Jamaal Bowman topples US Rep. Engel in NY Democratic primary

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Water leaking into Lincoln Tunnel unnerves commuters

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, a JetBlue plane flies past the American flag in Washington. American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said Thursday, July 16, 2020 they will sell seats on some of each other’s flights in the Northeast to strengthen both airlines in New York and Boston, where they compete against Delta and United. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

American, JetBlue will expand cooperation in NY, Boston

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

Governor: NYC not ready to open malls, museums yet

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Rachel Berry, in New York City since 2004, from Laurel, Maryland, sits in her living room decorated with her art, Monday, July 6, 2020, in New York. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Berry worked as a bartender and waited tables, jobs that gave her enough time to work on her creative pursuits. But as New York City tries to reopen, there's concern that jobs for the city's creative class are no longer readily available. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Without waiter jobs, what happens to creative New York?

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Black Lives Matter protesters scuffle with an NYPD officer on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during a demonstration Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured during the protest, police said, and more than a dozen people were arrested. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYPD chief, protesters roughed up in Brooklyn Bridge clash

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Democratic primary to replace Lowey goes to Mondaire Jones

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press