NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on the world’s coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 156,000 people and killed more than 5,800. The disease for most people causes only mild or moderate symptoms but for some, especially the elderly or people with underlying health conditions, it can cause more severe illness. Nearly 74,000 people […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest police department is stockpiling masks and gloves, dusting off old emergency plans and taking to social media to dispel rumors, such as one that New York City will essentially be locked down because of the coronavirus. Spokesman Richard Esposito, pushing back against gripes from the city’s largest police […]

NEW YORK (AP) – New York saw its first two coronavirus-related deaths Saturday – an 82-year-old woman in New York City who contracted the illness while dealing with an underlying respiratory illness and a 65-year-old Rockland County resident who had “other significant health problems,” government officials announced. The New York City woman was hospitalized in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis. A dizzying series of temporary coronavirus-related closures announced Thursday included some of the city’s cultural jewels: The Metropolitan […]

NEW YORK CITY (AP) — New York City officials moved swiftly Thursday to address a false text message spreading on social media claiming that the police department was planning to put containment actions in place this weekend to address the spread of the coronavirus, including a shutdown of Metro-North rail lines and limited subway service. […]

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ (JTA) – The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County in New Jersey, in conjunction with local synagogues and day schools, just adopted sweeping regulations designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus locally. All schools are closed and playdates between families are barred. Community members have been told to work from home. Synagogues […]

FLATBUSH (VINnews) — COJO Flatbush CEO Louis Welz announced on Wednesday that the social service agency’s 41st annual Community Legislative Breakfast, scheduled for Sunday, March 15, has been postponed due to public-health concerns related to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). “We take this step out of an abundance of caution,” said Welz. “Our greatest hope […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — An employee of Meridian Capital, a popular commercial real estate brokerage, has tested positive for coronavirus. The employee is based in New York. “We were recently notified of a possible exposure to coronavirus (COVID-19) at Meridian’s One Battery Park Plaza office,” a firm spokesperson told Crain’s. “As a result, we have […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Touching a germy pole or interacting with a sick person was always a concern for the millions of people who use the New York City public transportation system every day, but fears have skyrocketed since the number of cases in the state surged in recent days as the new virus spreads […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that Rick Cotton, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Cotton “is going to be on quarantine” and will be working at home, Cuomo said at a press briefing. The team […]