BRONX (VINnews) – Four women died after a raging fire broke out on the top floor of an apartment building in the Bronx, fire officials said. The blaze started around 7:15 p.m. in the six-story building in Mount Eden, the FDNY said. The residence was quickly evacuated, with all but four women in two top-floor […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) A Brooklyn man was arrested today for allegedly coughing on FBI agents while claiming to have the Coronavirus, and with lying to them about his accumulation and sale of surgical masks, medical gowns, and other medical supplies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. The 43 year old man from Borough Park, was arrested […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday in New York City as the number of deaths in the state from the coronavirus outbreak climbed quickly. The disease continued to claim the lives of health care workers. Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that thousands of medical […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York has been released from the hospital, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. Cuomo did not identify Lawrence Garbuz by name during his daily news conference on Sunday. “The ‘patient zero’ — what we call patient zero in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets one when there aren’t enough to go around? Health care workers are dreading the prospect […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – A Brooklyn attorney has filed a lawsuit accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of violating his right to free speech and ability to observe his Jewish faith because of the state’s ban on large gatherings due to the coronavirus. Lee Nigen also alleges that telling state residents to limit travel, Cuomo […]

Rockland County, NY (VIN news/Sandy Eller) – Nearly three months to the day after being brutally slashed in a horrific Chanukah terror spree in the home of a Monsey rabbi, a 72 year old man has died of his injuries. Sources told VIN News that Josef Neumann died on Sunday night at the Friedwald Center […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A photo of health care professionals from Georgia on a Southwest plane on their way to help with the coronavirus outbreak in New York is getting lots of love online. The photo shows dozens of people, some wearing masks and gloves, holding their hands in the shape of a heart. It […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants people to know that live worship services this weekend will be shut down by city officials. “If you go to your synagogue, if you go to your church, and attempt to hold services after having been told so often not to, our enforcement […]

ALBANY NY (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended school closures across the state by two weeks to April 15 as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, he said Friday. “When you look at the number of cases that’s still increasing, it only makes sense to keep the schools closed,” he said […]