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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 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

A new York City police officer keeps watch as hundreds of mourners gather in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to observe a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz, a Hasidic Orthodox leader whose death was reportedly tied to the coronavirus. The stress of the coronavirus' toll on New York City's Orthodox Jews was brought to the fore on Wednesday after Mayor Bill de Blasio chastised &quot;the Jewish community&quot; following the breakup of the large funeral that flouted public health orders.(Peter Gerber via AP)

Orthodox Jews beset by virus grapple with NYC mayor’s rebuke

By ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 23, 2020, photo dancer and choreographer Netta Yerushalmy warms up during a zoom dance rehearsal in her living room on the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. Yerushalmy has built a career in movement and community. Both are gone now. Across the city, the coronavirus pandemic has upended almost everyone’s lives, but the arts community — the dancers, actors, visual artists and designers, who never made much income to start with — is especially suffering, imperiling New York City as a creative capital. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Virus leaves New York City artists in a ‘tailspin’

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

New York City police officers stand by at the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Police responded to a report of human bodies in vehicles, which they determined were connected to the nearby funeral home. The New York Police Department notified the state Department of Health, which oversees funeral homes. The coronavirus pandemic has overrun most funeral homes and morgues in New York City. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in Brooklyn stored bodies in U-Haul trucks, officials say

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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

FILE- In this April 10, 2020 file photo a woman wearing a face mask sure to CVID-19 concerns walks along the Jersey City waterfront with the New York City skyline in the background. New York City may be the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak but of the city's suburbs have been hit just just as hard. In some, there have been more fatalities per capita than in super-dense Manhattan. (AP Photo/John Minchillo File)

COVID-19 showing suburbs are just as vulnerable as cities

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Protesters stand along Mission Blvd. during A Day of Liberty rally in Pacific Beach in San Diego, Sunday, April 26, 2020. The protesters were rallying against the government shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Coronavirus shutdown skeptics challenge establishment over ‘mistake’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a protective past and googles walks along Canal Street, Monday, April 27, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New NYC grading plan comes amid more signs of virus recovery

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

In this June 20, 2019, photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is sidestepping a major decision on gun rights in a dispute over New York Citys former ban on transporting guns. The justices ruled Monday that there's nothing left for them to decide now that the city has eased restrictions on taking licensed, locked and unloaded guns outside the city limits and a new state law prevents New York from reviving the ban. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to New York CIty gun rule

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Alex Poam, left, sells gloves to a customer on a street corner in Manhattan, New York, Sunday, April 26, 2020. Poam is studying to be a computer and network technician; after taking online classes most mornings he sells PPE to pedestrians to support himself. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

As NY COVID-19 deaths drop, Cuomo outlines regional restarts

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

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19. AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

USNS Comfort discharging or transferring last 12 New York patients

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, patrons gather at Neir's Tavern in the Queens borough of New York. With New York City at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and its native-born among those offering crucial information to the nation in televised briefings, the New York accent has stepped up to the mic. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Pandemic gives megaphone to the oft-maligned New York accent

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Customers wear personal protective equipment as they board an MTA bus as it operates without fees, Friday, April 24, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York’s virus death toll falls to lowest level in weeks

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Georgia district picks ex-leader of New York, Miami schools

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

In this undated selfie, Martin Morales stands in front of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York. Morales loved to ride his bike around northern New Jersey when he had some time to himself. To his family, this selfie is a reminder of just how far he had journeyed, from a remote village in southern Mexico to follow his older brother Javier to a new American life. Then, the new coronavirus extinguished both their lives, just a day apart. (Martin Morales/Courtesy of Sheila Cruz-Morales via AP)

Lives Lost: Brothers journey from rural Mexico to life in US

By ADAM GELLER and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2019, file photo, Marc Lamparello, 37, center, is escorted out of a police precinct in New York. Lamparello, college instructor who was accused last year of carrying gasoline and lighters into St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, has died of suicide on April 17, 2020, his lawyer said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Prisoner freed because of virus dies without psych care

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A medical worker walks past people lined up at Gotham Health East New York, a COVID-19 testing center Thursday, April 23, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Governor: Antibody survey shows wide exposure to virus in NY

By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID B. CARUSO - Associated Press

In this April 16, 2020 photo. Mount Sinai chaplain Silvia Mejia stands outside of the hospital in New York. Mejia, who is one of many young spiritual counselors helping families cope with the coronavirus pandemic, says, &quot;This feels bigger than a job right now. It feels like a purpose.&quot; (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic

By ELANA SCHOR and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press