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It seems New York City will enter phase 2 of its reopening plan sooner than expected. During his daily briefing on Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the city was on track to lift additional coronavirus restrictions as soon as Monday, exactly two weeks after phase 1 began. Previous projections from lawmakers, including Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, had the […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed an extensive legislative package that aims to prevent police misconduct and hold New York officers more accountable. The measures, which were approved by the state’s legislature earlier this week, included a ban on police chokeholds as well as a repeal of statute 50-a, a decades-old law that kept officer’s disciplinary records hidden from […]
Rolling Stone reports Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Megan The Stallion, Migos, Billie Eilish, and Nas are just a few of the many celebrities and members of the music industry who have signed an open letter in support of New York State repealing statute 50-A. “We must hold accountable those who violate the oath to protect […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to keep the Karens of the world at bay, and his new proposed bill is firsthand proof of that. Cuomo wants state lawmakers to authorize a bill that will make it a hate crime to call 911 and cite a false accusation due to race, gender, or religion, the New York Post reports. […]
On Monday, governors from the U.S.’s three most populous states (California, Texas, and New York) all indicated that pro sports could actually come back to those places at some point soon, but without fans. Soon being a relative and subject-to-change term, of course. Those three states have 32 big four sports teams between them. And, […]
People have done desperate things to get a haircut during the COVID-19 shutdown. But for one barber, these actions have had dire consequences. A barber in Kingston, New York — about 90 miles from New York City — contracted the coronavirus while illicitly cutting hair, CNN reports. Ulster County health officials are currently searching for anyone who […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appeal to the federal government to produce 30,000 ventilators for New York has been heard. An infectious disease specialist who’s part of the White House coronavirus task force has said that the “bottom line” is that Cuomo needs ventilators to treat the city that has been hit the hardest by COVID-19. “One […]
Rihanna is among those specifically shouted out by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for helping with COVID-19 containment efforts. Late Thursday afternoon, Cuomo thanked the recent PARTYNEXTDOOR collaborator for donating personal protective equipment (PPE) to the state. PPE is an umbrella term for a number of exposure-minimizing wearables that potentially includes gloves, safety glasses, respirators, body […]
New York City has become an epicenter in the COVID-19 pandemic, with local officials now tallying 17,856 confirmed cases and 199 deaths across all boroughs. Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that this number is expected to significantly increase within the upcoming months, as about half of all NYC residents—approximately 4 million individuals—are projected to contract the disease at some point during […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a big to-do earlier this month when he announced that he would be using prison labor to manufacture a New York-branded hand sanitizer, called New York State Clean. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, hand sanitizer has been in short supply and price gouging has been rampant, but […]
