Video shared on social media on Monday shows NYPD officers using force to arrest three people for allegedly refusing to socially distance in Brooklyn. Police said they tried to break up a group gathered on the corner of Fountain Avenue and Blake Avenue in East New York Saturday at around 8:40 p.m., in defiance of …
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With schools finishing out the academic year by way of remote learning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York state is collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on a plan to take advantage of technology to reimagine education. “The old model of everybody goes and sits in the classroom and the teacher is in …
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The New York Democratic presidential primary must take place June 23 because canceling it would be unconstitutional, a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan ruled after hearing arguments a day earlier as lawyers for withdrawn presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang argued that it was wrong to cancel the primary. …
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New York state reported more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as officials faced scrutiny over how they have protected vulnerable residents from the coronavirus. At least 4,813 people have died from COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes since March 1, according to a tally released late Monday that, …
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Tenants in New York City are organizing for the city’s largest rent strike in decades, according to multiple reports online. The strikers are demanding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo cancel rent and mortgage payments for four months or for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, whichever is longer. The strikers recently got a high-profile supporter. “People …
