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Editorial Roundup: New York

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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo, New York Mets' Pete Alonso reacts after hitting hitting his 53rd home run of the season during the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, in New York. Alonso at the plate. Jacob deGrom on the mound. And a healthy Yoenis Céspedes pegged conveniently for designated hitter.There’s no question the New York Mets have reasons to believe this pandemic-shortened season is perfect for them -- even without injured starter Noah Syndergaard. All they need to do is pick right up where they left off last year.(AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Mets `amped’ for delayed season with Céspedes potential DH

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

Chander Shekhar, co-owner of Shopno Fashion in New York's Jackson Heights neighborhood, poses for a portrait on June 22, 2020, the first day of New York City's &quot;Phase Two&quot; reopening plan. This neighborhood was hit particularly hard by COVID-19, and shops were opening for the first time in more than three months. Shekhar is reluctant to complain, but the night before reopening the stress and uncertainty of what lay ahead had woken him nine times. (AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)

Small businesses around the world struggle to survive

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

4 more states added to NY, NJ, CT virus quarantine list

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Democratic primary to replace Lowey goes to Mondaire Jones

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study

By JIM MUSTIAN and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 2020, file photo, Artist Jimmy Baptiste works on a mural in Ottawa. 2020 is barely halfway over. That hasn't stopped many people from declaring the year canceled and wishing it would end. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Wait ‘til next year: Giving up on 2020, looking toward 2021

By SOPHIA ROSENBAUM - Associated Press

Chander Shekhar, co-owner of Shopno Fashion in New York's Jackson Heights neighborhood, poses for a portrait on June 22, 2020, the first day of New York City's &quot;Phase Two&quot; reopening plan. This neighborhood was hit particularly hard by COVID-19, and shops were opening for the first time in more than three months. Shekhar is reluctant to complain, but the night before reopening the stress and uncertainty of what lay ahead had woken him nine times. (AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)

Small businesses worldwide fight for survival amid pandemic

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

This June 22, 2019 file photo shows the exterior of the New York Times building in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) **FILE**

Times editor resigns, saying she was harassed for her ideas

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

A contractor cleans a subway car at the 96th Street station to control the spread of COVID-19, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in New York. Mass transit systems around the world have taken unprecedented — and expensive — steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including shutting down New York subways overnight and testing powerful ultraviolet lamps to disinfect seats, poles and floors. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Subways sparkle, but does cleaning decrease COVID-19 risk?

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2020, file photo, a worker passes public school buses parked at a depot in Manchester, N.H. As the Trump administration pushes full steam ahead to force schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump team’s false comfort on schools, virus

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

At NY airports, $2K fine for failure to submit tracing form

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Jay Wilson, a concert promoter with Red Mountain Entertainment in Birmingham, Ala., started baking and selling his Jay's Cheesecakes to raise money to help stagehands, crew members and other concert workers who have been out of work due to the coronavirus outbreak.(July 7, 2020; Homewood, Ala.) (Bob Carlton/ Alabama Media Group via AP)

Alabama concert promoter discovers a sweet, new purpose

By BOB CARLTON and AL.com - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the emergency department at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York. As coronavirus rages out of control in other parts of the U.S., New York is offering an example after taming the nation’s deadliest outbreak this spring — but also trying to prepare in case another surge comes. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, individual student photographs of Brooklyn's James Madison High School graduating class of 2020, who were unable to walk a graduation stage this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, line the fence around the school in New York. While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a hybrid reopen plan in the fall for the nation's largest district, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is up to him to decide whether schools can open at all. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NY to discuss reopening school; virus cases ‘low and stable’

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Purple Heart veteran U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela, left, his wife, Tiffany, center, their three sons, Kaiden, Quentin and Trayden, and Andrew McClure, Tunnel to Towers national community engagement coordinator, tour the Vendelas' new home in Huntsville, Weber County, on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Purple Heart veteran moves into donated home with family

By ART RAYMOND - Associated Press

A healthcare worker walks around a car to test a passenger at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site outside Hard Rock Stadium, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida is one of the nation's hot spots for coronavirus. Almost 10,000 confirmed cases were added Wednesday, bringing its total since March 1 to nearly 224,000. Almost 4,000 people have died, including 48 reported by the state Wednesday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Andrew Cuomo: New York sending remdesivir supply to hard-hit Florida

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Gloria DeSoto, 92, bottom left, visits with her family, reflected in the glass in their car, from a window of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, where she lives, in New York, Thursday, June 11, 2020. Her family was able to visit by a speaker while they stayed in their car and DeSoto stayed behind the glass of an entryway. They had not been able to visit since March 10, when many nursing homes began to shut down visitations for fear of spreading the coronavirus. The Hebrew Home at Riverdale, home to 700 residents, just started these non-contact visitations and will be scheduling them seven days a week to help families and residents reconnect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NY eases visitor ban aimed at curbing virus in nursing homes

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Bill Christeson holds up a sign that reads &quot;Follow the Money&quot; outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP EXPLAINS: Public won’t see Trump’s tax documents for now

By The Associated Press - Associated Press