coronavirus

As Page Six reported, “Real Housewives of New York” star Jill Zarin has been delivering food to healthcare workers in New York City and Boca Raton, Fla., through her “Noshes for Nurses” program. Now, Zarin, 56, tells us that her daughter Ally Shapiro, 27, is selling handmade tie-dye face masks to raise money for the …

Rap legend Nas has paid tribute to his Queens protégé Kiing Shooter, who died this week, reportedly of complications from the coronavirus. “This is never easy. One of Queensbridge’s finest,” Nas’ Street Dreams Records, Nas’ label with his brother Jungle, wrote on Instagram Tuesday when confirming the 24-year-old rising star’s death. “Rest in paradise,” they …

US private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak savaged the economy, setting up the overall labor market for historic job losses last month. The plunge in private payrolls shown in the ADP National Employment Report on Wednesday suggested that national …

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against the New York Board of Elections’ decision to cancel the state’s Democratic primary election and ordered the state to hold the election next month as planned. The preliminary injunction from Manhattan Federal Court Judge Analisa Torres requires New York to reinstate Democratic candidates on the ballot who were “duly …

Senate Republicans expressed skepticism of President Trump’s proposal of a payroll tax cut for the next coronavirus relief bill, citing litigation protection as a much higher priority. “Right now, not much,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) told Politico when asked what he thought of the president’s proposal. “I’m going to give it …

Zoom Video Communications on Wednesday named former White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster to its board and hired the policy chief of one of the tech world’s big lobby groups to drive governmental relations as it poured more money into improving its image on security. Jonathan Kallmer, who takes over as head of Global …

For the past seven decades, the show has always gone on for the Tony Awards, which honor the best Broadway performances and productions. But with the 74th edition being postponed from its planned June 7 date due to the coronavirus, there’s a real chance that the ceremony will be scrapped altogether this year, multiple sources …

The sibling design duo behind the New York-based luxury cashmere sweater line Leret Leret are doing their part to help those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic — and they’re enlisting the aid of some of their high-profile fans to spread the word. Edouard and Andrea Leret have partnered with God’s Love We Deliver to …

“The Blacklist” is getting more animated for its Season 7 finale. Due to the coronavirus-related production shutdown on the New York-filmed thriller, the series has pulled together a hybrid live-action and animated season-ender, which will air at 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, on NBC. While shooting the season’s 19th episode, titled “The Kazanjian Brothers,” production …

Starbucks plans to reopen 85 percent of its locations under modified operations and hours across the US by the end of the week, the coffee giant announced. The company’s mobile app — already used by about 20 million customers — will be optimized for voice ordering through Siri, curbside pickup, entryway handoff, and improved drive-thru …