As coronavirus cases soared, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio asked New Yorkers on Thursday to wear a face covering when they go outside to prevent the spread of the virus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that the state’s supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in six days. And the COVID-19 death toll climbed to at least 2,400. While New York City remained a hotspot, there were troublesome trends around the state as the outbreak spread to every county. Unemployment filings skyrocketed too, as the pandemic wreaked economic havoc. The latest developments in New York: ___ FACE COVERING New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio asked New Yorkers to wear a face covering when they go outside and will be near other people.

NEW JERSEY (WABC) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said COVID-19 has claimed more New Jersey residents than those lost from the state on 9/11 during his press conference Saturday. Murphy reported 200 new deaths, bringing the statewide death toll to 846, while cases have jumped to 4,331 for a total of 34,124. He has also ordered flags across the state to half-staff indefinitely to commemorate people who died from COVID-19. “This is a way, a small way but I think an important way, that we can make sure their loss is not forgotten,” Murphy said.

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) — Cases of COVID-19 on Long Island are like ‘a fire spreading’ said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday. Nassau County has seen an alarming rise in confirmed cases – there are now 13,346 people who have tested positive, an increase of more than 1,300 from Friday. “You look at the numbers and we have been saying ‘watch Long Island – it is like a fire spreading’ – at one point, the fire does not max out in one place. It consumes where it is, and then it is moving out,” said Cuomo. COVID-19 cases on Long Island have been growing for the past 10 days. “You see, Long Island goes from 16 percent to 17 percent, to 19 percent to 22 percent,” said Cuomo.

With coronavirus deaths surging in New York, the governor announced Friday he will use his authority to seize ventilators and protective gear from private hospitals and companies that aren’t using them, complaining that states are competing against each other for vital equipment in eBay-like bidding wars. “If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. He added that he will eventually return the equipment or compensate the owners. The executive order he said he would sign represents one of the most aggressive efforts yet in the U.S.

This is the first time that I am writing to YWN or for that matter to any Jewish newspaper. Tonight (Thursday night) a friend of mine went shopping in a large kosher Supermarket in Monsey and was shocked to see that it was packed to the gills with even elderly people (even more than a […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Hagaon HaRav Mendel Margolis ZATZAL. He was 65. Rav Margolis was the Sgan Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Temimah in Flatbush for the past 35 years. The Niftar is a nephew of the Beirach Moshe of Satmar ZATZAL. Additional information will be published when available. Boruch […]
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The following important message is from Community Board 12: There will be no public bread burning this year, unlike previous years where there were designated bread-burning sites throughout the district. The risk of increased COVID-19 infections, leading to an additional burden on an already overwhelmed Health Care System is too great. Additionally, any sreifas chometz […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has touched every part of New York City, but new data shows it is hitting especially hard in neighborhoods that tend to be poorer and might be more likely to have many people living under one roof. Here are the latest coronavirus developments in New York: —— NUMBERS SHOW DISPARATE IMPACT Data […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Yoka Rov, Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Tzvi Kenig ZATZAL of Boro Park. He was 73. Additional details will be published when they become available to us. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes..
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The following is the text of a letter released today by Lakewood’s senior Posek, Hagaon Harav Yaakov Forcheimer Shlita: Regarding the issur we previously published regarding traveling to family or others over Pesach, many have asked if this applies only to out-of-town travel, or if travel to parents and inlaws who live in Lakewood is […]
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