New York City

Latest Stories

In this April 1, 2020, file photo, a couple pauses to take a picture of the Samaritan's Purse field hospital as they walk their dog in New York's Central Park. On Saturday, May 2, 2020, the Mount Sinai Hospital Health System said that it will take down the small field hospital it erected in Central Park through a partnership with a charity run by Christian evangelical preacher Franklin Graham. Only eight patients remained at the makeshift hospital as of Saturday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Central Park field hospital to close in May

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In clamor to reopen, many black people feel overlooked

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York state is now reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it’s protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Consider human costs in economic reopenings, Cuomo urges

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

A man, left, arrives for a test as police officers stand at the entrance of a COVID-19 test site for first responders at the Westchester County Center, Monday, May 4, 2020, in White Plains, N.Y. 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/Mary Altaffer)

Cuomo details regional restart criteria as NY hits 1M tests

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

A food server wearing a protective face mask waits on customers at the Parkshore Grill restaurant Monday, May 4, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Several restaurants are reopening with a 25% capacity as part of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Malls, movies and more: A look at reopenings by state in US

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Ambulnz paramedics and Aurora firefighters salute as the casket carrying the body of paramedic Paul Cary is removed from a plane at Denver International Airport on Sunday, May 3, 2020, in Denver. Cary died from coronavirus after volunteering to help combat the pandemic in New York City. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)

Paramedic honored after death while volunteering in NYC

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

Associated Press

NY hospital lobby’s power stretches to DC in stimulus battle

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

A woman holding an Irish themed flag is driven by St. Patrick's Cathedral after the annual parade was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in New York. New York state entered a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as New York City closed its public schools, and officials said schools statewide would close by Wednesday. New York joined with Connecticut and New Jersey to close bars, restaurants and movie theaters along with setting limits on social gatherings. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

As warmer weather beckons, NYPD to enforce social distancing

By JIM MUSTIAN and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Workers Unions keep a safe distance from each other and wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus during an event marking May Day in Lisbon, Friday, May 1, 2020. With the traditional protest marches cancelled this year, workers unions delegates representing all workers that had to stay at home took part in the event with the approval of the Portuguese health and interior ministries. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The week that was: Lockdowns ease, and choices are complex

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks during the New Hampshire Youth Climate and Clean Energy Town Hall, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Andrew Yang: People close to Michael Bloomberg have offered to assist possible NYC mayoral campaign

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The Isabella Geriatric Center is shown Friday, May 1, 2020, in New York. The nursing home says nearly 100 of its residents have died from confirmed or suspected cases the novel coronavirus. It is among the hardest hit nursing homes in the state, with 46 confirmed fatalities and an additional 52 deaths of people suspected to have the virus. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

N.Y. nursing home reports 98 deaths linked to coronavirus

By Jim Mustian - Associated Press

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

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In a photo taken Thursday, April 30, 2020, Jane St. Louis, a grocery store employee, poses for The Associated Press in her home's garage in Damascus, Md. St. Louis, who has worked at the grocery store for 27 years, has a routine when she gets home to prevent her from bringing the new coronavirus to her husband or their daughter and granddaughter. She sheds clothing and sanitizes her hands in her garage and heads to the shower before putting the clothes in the washing machine. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Women, minorities shoulder front-line work during pandemic

By MAE ANDERSON and ALEXANDRA OLSON and ANGELIKI KASTANIS - Associated Press

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

Fitness instructor Tamara Jackson teaches a fitness class through Zoom, an online meeting platform, Saturday, April 25, 2020, in New York. Nearly two months into statewide pandemic restrictions, some New York City trainers and aerobic instructors say they worry the industry won’t be the same when gyms can reopen. Gyms and health clubs employ tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are part of the state’s $3 billion fitness industry. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Out-of-work trainers hope gyms can make gains after pandemic

By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Gabby Namm prepares flat bread Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. The coronavirus outbreak and the likely impact it's going to have on New York City's restaurants, how they serve, how they staff, how they pay, has disrupted all of that. “This could fundamentally change restaurant culture,&quot; said Guttierez, 33. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fear of future that devastated NYC restaurant workers face

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

An NYPD Homeless Outreach Unit officer prepares to wake up sleeping passengers on a train and direct them to the exits at the 207th Street A-train station, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

NYC subway halting overnight service for virus cleaning

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 24, 2020, actress and part-time tour guide Megan Marod walks through the Hamilton Grange Historic site in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of New York. Since those early days of the city’s coronavirus outbreak, out-of-towners have become scarce. In just one late February day, Marod lost income from cancellations by student groups that typically flood the city in the early spring — her most lucrative months. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New jobless hope seeds of tourism can be resown in Big Apple

By JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press