Schools across NY to stay closed for rest of academic year

Gov. Cuomo announced on Friday that schools across New York would remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

Navy ship Comfort sent to aid NYC hospitals departs Manhattan's west side

The Navy hospital ship sent to relieve stressed New York City hospitals as coronavirus cases surged is set to leave this week Thursday and return to its homeport in Virginia, the U.S. Navy said.

NYC emergency room doctor takes own life, family says

The family of an emergency room doctor in upper Manhattan says she killed herself after becoming distraught over coronavirus.

New York cancels presidential primary

In an unprecedented move, New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary that was scheduled for June 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

USNS Comfort's last patients discharged, ship to leave NY by end of month, Navy announces

The USNS Comfort, a hospital ship brought to New York City to assist in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, has discharged its last patients and will return to Virginia by the end of the month, the Navy announced Sunday.

Man in quarantine watches birth of his first child via Zoom

“It’s hard to put into words what it’s like having a baby during the coronavirus pandemic. But it has really enabled us to put this whole thing into perspective,” Stephanie Gandelman, the child’s mother, told Storyful.

More animals test positive at Bronx Zoo

Officials at the Bronx Zoo have announced that a total of eight lions and tigers have tested positive for COVID-19.

New York no longer needs USNS Comfort hospital ship

Gov. Cuomo said that the USNS Comfort was helpful, but could now be sent elsewhere after being docked for weeks off of Manhattan. 

Brooklyn care home has 55 dead

Now listed with 55 deaths it can only assume were caused by COVID-19, Cobble Hill Health Center has become yet another glaring example of the nation’s struggle to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes.

New York boy, 4, contracts coronavirus after being diagnosed with inoperable brain tumor

Matteo Ferruzzi, 4, tested positive for COVID-19, complicating the start of at least a year’s worth of chemotherapy treatment on an inoperable malignant brain tumor.

'LIBERATE!' Trump goads states to lift coronavirus restrictions

One day after laying out a roadmap for gradually reviving economic activity, President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors Friday, in effect encouraging protests against the stay-at-home restrictions against the coronavirus.