TALLAHASSEE (Newsmax) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a shot at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a press conference over the weekend, referring to the Empire State leader’s proposal for a coronavirus quarantine of visitors. DeStantis advised Cuomo “not quarantine any Floridians in nursing homes,” Fox News reported. DeSantis was making reference to an […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to tracers, according to a report in The New York Times. The Times report said just 35% of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An extraordinary standoff between Attorney General William Barr and Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor ended Saturday when the prosecutor agreed to leave his job with an assurance that investigations by the prosecutor’s office into the president’s allies would not be disturbed. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman announced he would leave his post, ending […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrapped up a string of more than 100 daily briefings that became appointment viewing around the nation, alternatively informative, grave, jocular and combative, by declaring Friday that New York has “done the impossible” in taming the coronavirus. Cuomo appeared alone behind his desk during a brief address, a […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — One person was killed in a fatal crash on Route 17 on Friday. At approximately 12:30 PM on Friday, a vehicle flipped over and burst into flames on Route 17 Westbound, between Exit 116 an Exit 117. While an exact number of inuries is unknown at the moment, one person has […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Jamaal Bowman, a native New Yorker who is challenging Rep. Eliot Engel for his House seat in November, has been praised for his progressive stances on a variety of issues. Bowman has been endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others. But while some of his policy positions […]

BROOKLYN, NY (JNS) – The Jewish founder and owner of a British fashion brand that sells modest attire is hoping to turn recent anti-Semitic vandalism to her store in Brooklyn, N.Y., into an art mural. Hannah Lancry Sufrin, the London-based visionary behind House of Lancry, told JNS that on Monday an employee sent her a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — To the consternation of many Democrats, the front-runner in a crowded congressional primary in one of the bluest districts in New York City, if not the country, is a Pentecostal minister who opposes abortion rights, likes Donald Trump and has a long history of anti-gay comments. City Council Member Ruben Diaz […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Juneteenth will be an official holiday for city workers and schoolchildren next year, and New York City will form a new commission to examine its history of racial discrimination, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. The mayor said he had authority to order the June 19 holiday for workers and more […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – Fresh off cutting the locks off a closed Brooklyn playground, leaders in New York City’s Orthodox community are turning their attention to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban on overnight camps, issued last week to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check. A lawsuit filed Thursday by the Association of Jewish Camp Operators, which […]