Fatalities top 7,000, but fewer people being put in intensive care seen as sign of outbreak slackening, as officials warn against becoming complacent

Gov. Andrew Cuomo notes slight dip in new coronavirus deaths over last 24 hours may be sign spread is slowing, but warns it is too soon to determine if pandemic has reached apex

New York City hospitals are filling up with COVID-19 patients, and officials fear they will soon run out of breathing machines for intensive care patients

With some 1,000 new hospitalizations every day and equipment and medical staff on short supply, officials say pandemic's peak could still be weeks away

As most New Yorkers barred from congregating in groups or going to work, officials warn of a critical shortage of medical supplies

Bill de Blasio says people to die unnecessarily, due to a 'widespread shortage' of basic supplies needed to keep hospitals running

'I think that all New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter-in-place order,' de Blasio says, as number of infected in city of 8.6 million tops 800

De Blasio 'distraught at having to take this action,' fearing effect on tens of thousands who rely on schools for a hot meal, health workers, first responders with no childcare

De Blasio says 'I am standing with Bernie because he stands with working families, and always has... Bernie is the candidate to take Trump on and take him down'

Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Borough Park to receive added surveillance, police presence in wake of anti-Semitic attacks