US authorities say Afrim Haxhaj twice confronted and intimidated a Jewish customer at Dunkin' Donuts in New Jersey

Michael Weinstock, a gay 9/11 firefighter, says he didn't respond to a motion because he was served on Shabbat, his opponent's Jewish lawyer calls him a non-observant 'bs artist'

At Mount Richmond Cemetery, a normal very busy day once meant burying 5 people. Now, Rabbi Shmuel Plafker has to preside over more than double that, with families watching from far

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

Extreme international measures to curb virus appear to have been effective; but experts warn prematurely relaxing restrictions could cause relapse

City's health department tells medical providers to only test the hospitalized to preserve resources for 'patients with more severe illness'

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, who heads Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, struggles with challenges of not being able to be in psychical contact with her congregants

City shortens amount of time it will hold unclaimed remains before they are buried in potter’s field on Hart Island, as morgues and funeral homes struggle to deal with deaths

State now has more patients than any country outside the US; despite nearly 800 new deaths, Governor Cuomo says epidemic appears to be stabilizing: 'We are flattening the curve'

NY state records 731 new deaths, its biggest one-day jump yet, for a total of nearly 5,500; number of patients requiring breathing tubes drops