Cuomo: Counties can vaccinate restaurant workers, cab drivers

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said county officials now have the power to make taxi drivers and restaurant workers eligible for a vaccine. But a day earlier, he slammed elected officials for pushing to vaccinate restaurant workers.

Rochester cops who pepper-sprayed girl suspended

The city of Rochester has suspended police officers seen in body-camera videos spraying a chemical "irritant" in the face of a distraught and handcuffed 9-year-old girl. A press release from the city Monday did not specify how many officers were suspended.

AG slams NY's legal shield for nursing homes, hospitals

New York’s attorney general has joined calls for the state to loosen a partial immunity from lawsuits and criminal prosecutions it had granted to nursing homes at the height of the pandemic last spring.