'It's impossible': NY nursing homes fret about testing order

As calls grow nationwide for testing everyone in nursing homes for coronavirus, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state’s ambitious new demand to test roughly 185,000 workers twice a week.

Sports clubs preparing to welcome back guests across NY
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Outdoor singles tennis play can resume as of Friday, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo and now tennis facilities across the state are getting prepared to get their courts ready for players again.

Police unions call for ouster of NYC health commissioner

Several unions that represent police officers are asking the mayor to fire Dr. Oxiris Barbot after comments she made about the NYPD during a heated exchange with Chief of Department Terence Monahan at the height of the coronavirus outbreak.

100 children in NYC with inflammatory illness possibly linked to COVID-19

"We need public awareness to grow rapidly," said Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday about an alarming rise in the number of cases of an inflammatory illness in children that may be connected to COVID-19.

Trump's push for opening school clashes with Fauci's caution

President Donald Trump's push appears at odds with cautions by the nation's leading immunologist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is wary of returning to normal activities too quickly.

Murphy reopening New Jersey businesses for curbside pickup
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says that starting next week nonessential businesses can reopen for curbside pickup and nonessential construction projects can resume statewide.

Trump presses for schools to reopen, takes dig at Fauci

The president accused Fauci of wanting “to play all sides of the equation," a comment that suggested he is tiring of the nation's top infectious disease expert.

Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus threat: lawyer

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been transferred to home confinement after he sought the transfer due to the health risk in prison from coronavirus, Fox News has confirmed.

Gov. Murphy: NJ doubling coronavirus contact tracers

Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey will more than double the number of public health professionals tracing COVID-19 cases. 

63-page CDC document shelved by White House offered detailed reopening guidance

Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and some more restrictive measures than the plan released by the White House last month.

Gov. Cuomo: Wearing mask respects nurses who died to save us

In response to complaints that face mask requirements infringe on individual liberty, the governor argued that masks are a sign of respect for medical workers who died in the pandemic. 

Supreme Court appears likely to reject Trump immunity claim

The Supreme Court has concluded arguments over President Donald Trump’s bid to keep his tax, bank and financial records private.

Gov. Cuomo outlines New York reopening plan

Saying that "we are on the other side of the mountain," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is time to start getting ready to reopen businesses in New York and restore life to some semblance of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.