Governor says it's too risky to send 4.2 million students statewide back to school; no decisions yet on summer school

Overwhelmed funeral home found to be storing bodies on ice in rented trucks; police responded to call from a neighboring business over fluids leaking from one of the vehicles

Signatories request meeting with de Blasio 'to discuss constructive approaches to respond to pandemic' after tweets warning 'Jewish community' following large funeral in Brooklyn

1 arrested; 2 days after mayor's warning to community, NYPD issues 10 summonses at 2 synagogues in South Williamsburg for chaining doors from the inside, social distancing rules

The police wanted to help and 'barricaded the streets.' The synagogue aimed for a respectful, socially distant funeral. It didn't work out that way. And then came the mayor...

Bill de Blasio says he has 'deep relationship' with Orthodox community after critics accuse him of bigotry for singling out Jewish community over funeral attended by thousands

After dispersing thousands at rabbi's funeral in Williamsburg, Bill de Blasio makes generalization in announcing 'zero tolerance' policy

Organizers are working on a virtual event, say parade’s ‘absence in the hearts of New Yorkers, Jewish and non-Jewish, who support Israel is incalculable'

New York governor orders people to wear face masks in public, sending 150 ventilators to Michigan and Maryland; State develops own antibody test

The densely populated city with millions of inhabitants and foreign visitors is and ideal breeding ground for infectious disease, it also reacted late