NYC will celebrate July 4th with fireworks, mayor says
The show will go on, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says about the July 4th fireworks.
New York City to hold ticker-tape parade for coronavirus heroes
Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will hold a ticker-tape parade for healthcare workers and other frontline workers in the coronavirus pandemic when the situation improves.
Puerto Rican Day Parade among growing list of canceled events in New York City
Large gatherings, including some of the most popular parades that are held annually in the city, will be canceled in New York this summer.
Mayor De Blasio unveils NYC budget cuts due to coronavirus
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled New York City's 2021 budget proposal on Thursday, which included a series of cuts to help make up for the $7B in revenue the city has lost due to coronavirus.
Amid talk of restarting economy, virus keeps killing in NYC
Hopeful talk about getting people out of their homes and back to work in some parts of the country seems a far cry from the harsh reality in New York and its suburbs: Thousands of people infected with the coronavirus are still streaming into hospitals every day. Hundreds are still dying.
State leaders mandate face masks and address food insecurity in New York City
Governor Andrew Cuomo is mandating that face coverings will be required in busy spaces throughout New York, while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is targeting making every New Yorker has access to food.
Counting 'probable' cases, NYC death toll soars past 10,000
New York City officials have changed their accounting of COVID-related fatalities after acknowledging that stats based only on lab-confirmed tests failed to account for many people dying at home.
Will NYC's schools stay closed?
The question of whether New York City's schools will remain closed still hangs in the air as Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio continue to discuss the future of the city's students and teachers.
Are schools open? Governor, NYC mayor give different answers
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the public school system will remain shut down for the remainder of the school year.
Cuomo, De Blasio at odds over closing of NYC schools
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo are at odds over whether public school sites in the 1.1 million-student district will be shuttered for the rest of the academic year to curb the coronavirus.
Cuomo on De Blasio announcement on NYC schools
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addresses New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement that New York City Schools would remain closed for the remainder of the school year.
Mayor De Blasio urges city to consider rent freezes in regulated buildings
Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is working to keep roofs over the head of the more than 2,000,000 New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments.
De Blasio calls for rent freeze in regulated buildings
Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling upon the Rent Guidelines Board to issue a rent freeze for tenants living in rent-stabilized units.
NYC burying coronavirus victims on Hart Island
As another day with the coronavirus death toll in New York spiking to a new record, the city is interring the bodies of victims on Hart Island’s potter’s field, normally used for people whose families cannot afford a funeral.
Cuomo, De Blasio tentatively suggest coronavirus curve appears to be flattening
Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo expressed gratitude and cautious optimism that, by abiding by social distancing rules, New York could be flattening the coronavirus curve.
De Blasio says deaths at home should be added to coronavirus tally
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants the number of deaths at home from coronavirus, which could be anywhere between 100-200 per day, be added to the total daily tally in New York City.
Coronavirus hits black, Hispanic New Yorkers hard, mayor and governor say
Preliminary data indicates that black people account for 28% of New York City's COVID-19 death toll, even though they are just 22% of the city's population. Hispanic people account for 34% of the city's virus death toll and 29% of its population.
Former NYPD Commissioner O’Neill working to get NYC hospitals protective equipment
Former NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill is cutting through the red tape to get New York City’s hospitals protective equipment as quickly and as fairly as possible.
Former NYPD Commissioner O'Neill working to get NYC hospitals supplies, protective equipment
Since being appointed Senior COVID-19 Advisor by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Former NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill is cutting through the red tape to get New York City's hospitals supplies and protective equipment as quickly and fairly as possible.
NYC's COVID-19 spending approaching $1 billion
New York City has either spent or committed to spend nearly a billion dollars on COVID-19-related costs as of Wednesday, FOX 5 NY has learned.