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People practice social distancing while enjoying the nice weather at Central Park's Sheep Meadow on Saturday, May 2, 2020, in New York. New York City police dispatched 1,000 officers this weekend to enforce social distancing as warmer weather tempted New Yorkers to come out of quarantine.

Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo spar over whether NYC will face ‘shelter in place’ order as coronavirus cases in the five boroughs climb above 900

March 17, 2020 at 9:28 p.m.

Mayor de Blasio appeared poised Tuesday to impose an unprecedented citywide shelter-in-place order, with 8.5 million New Yorkers confined to their homes — until Gov. Cuomo slammed the door shut...

A victim of the Covid-19 virus is evacuated from the Mulhouse civil hospital, eastern France, on Monday March 23, 2020. The Grand Est region is now the epicenter of the outbreak in France, which has buried the third-most virus victims in Europe, after Italy and Spain.

Cuomo announces one-mile ‘containment zone’ to halt coronavirus in New Rochelle, epicenter of the state’s outbreak, with two-week shutdown of schools

March 10, 2020 at 6:59 p.m.

Gov. Cuomo announced an unprecedented plan Tuesday to combat coronavirus with the establishment of a mile-wide "containment zone" in New Rochelle for the next two weeks. The radically ramped-up state...

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey chief tests positive for coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo says

March 9, 2020 at 9:53 p.m.

Rick Cotton, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, tested positive for the coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday. "He's been at the airports, obviously,"...

Ban on vaping flavors poised to pass in NYC Tuesday via City Council vote

November 26, 2019 at 9:38 a.m.

New York is poised to become the first large city in the country to ban vaping flavors, in a bid to stem the public health crisis that has claimed two...

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