Toronto Zoo takes precautions after Bronx Zoo tiger gets COVID-19

No one who works at the Toronto Zoo has tested positive for the disease and no animals are exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19.

New York City considering temporary burials of coronavirus victims

New York City is considering temporarily burying coronavirus victims to relieve some of the pressure on the system due to large numbers of deaths.

Field hospital going up at Van Cortlandt Park

An emergency field hospital is under construction at a park in the Bronx as New York City races to add hospital beds.

Group of teens attack woman while making anti-Asian remarks, says NYPD

The NYPD wants to find a female who was with a group of teens who assaulted a woman in the head with an umbrella on a Bronx bus while hurling anti- Asian remarks at her.

Virus hitting juvenile detention centers 

For the tens of thousands of kids locked up in juvenile detention centers and other correctional facilities across America, experts have issued a gloomy warning: The coronavirus is coming.

4 women dead in Bronx apartment fire

Four women were killed in a late night fire sparked inside a neighbor's apartment in the Concourse section of the Bronx, according to the FDNY.

Cops shoot man who lunges at them, reports NYPD
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The man was ordered to drop his knife before he was shot, according to police. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.

Locked up: No masks, sanitizer as virus spreads behind bars

Something was wrong. The chow hall line at New York’s Rikers Island jail had halted. For three hours, the men stood and waited, without food, until a correctional officer quietly delivered the news: A civilian chef was among those who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Nurses plead for protective gear to fight virus outbreak

Nurses battling New York's coronavirus outbreak made anguished pleas Saturday for more protective equipment, saying officials' claims of adequate supplies are falling short of reality.

NYC testing street closures in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx

To further the social distancing protocol put into place to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, New York City is implementing a pilot program to close streets.

38 positive for coronavirus in New York City jails, including Rikers

New York City was hit by the nation’s largest coronavirus jail outbreak to date this week, with at least 38 people testing positive at the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby facilities — more than half of them incarcerated men, the board that oversees the city's jail system said.

Rikers officer infected with coronavirus

A correction officer at Rikers Island has reportedly been diagnosed with coronavirus.

5,000 free meals distributed to Bronx residents amid COVID-19 crisis

The Davidson Community Center is one of seven Bronx locations where residents are now able to get free meals, like sealed bag lunches from Revolution Foods with a turkey and cheese sandwich, carrot sticks and an apple.