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New York City health commissioner Oxiris Barbot dismissed a request during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic to provide the police force with a large stockpile of masks, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. In a phone conversation in late March, NYPD chief of department Terence Monahan asked Barbot for a supply of 500,000 …
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Ashley OlsenTheImageDirect.com Ashley Olsen stepped out in New York on Wednesday, the same day news emerged of twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen’s divorce from husband Olivier Sarkozy. Clad in a light-blue dress shirt, black slacks, white sneakers, and a navy coat, the 33-year-old fashion designer also sported sunglasses, a face mask, and protective gloves by her …
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that New York has reached “the other side of the mountain” with the coronavirus outbreak in the state and can begin reopening the economy in phases. “We’re right about where we were on March 19 before we went into the abyss of the COVID virus,” Cuomo said at his …
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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 …
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The New York City Police Benevolent Association, the city’s largest police union, released a statement Monday arguing that officers should not be tasked with enforcing social distancing ordinances. “The NYPD needs to get cops out of the social distancing enforcement business altogether,” PBA president Patrick Lynch said in a statement. “As the weather heats up …
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The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S. hit 1,000,000 Tuesday, with the death toll nearing 60,000 as various state governments debate when to reopen shuttered businesses and schools. New York remains an epicenter with 295,000 cases and 58,000 deaths. New York City alone accounts for 162,000 cases and 17,500 deaths, in an …
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday announced that he would appoint First Lady Chirlane McCray as co-chair of a task force on coronavirus racial inequality. De Blasio will form the “Task Force on Racial Inclusion and Equity” as part of the city’s plan to reopen businesses that have been closed during the pandemic. …
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Heavyweight hip hop MC Jason Williams, known by the name Vice Verses, is being honored with a massive teleconference after his death last week. “Jason ‘Vice Verses’ Williams passed away last week and an entire, worldwide community is mourning … and celebrating. Celebrating the life of someone whose flowers will come attached with words like …
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that the state’s coronavirus shutdown will be extended to May 15 in coordination with other states. “What happens after then? I don’t know,” Cuomo said of the shutdown extension, adding that he does not want to “project beyond” May 15. “We will see depending on what the data shows.” The …
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The city that never sleeps has been silenced by the coronavirus epidemic. But inside their homes, as a recent viral competition has made clear: New Yorkers and their accents lie in wait, eager to once again fill the void with dropped Rs and a tough attitude. Filmmaker Nicolas Heller usually spends his days roving the …
New York City health commissioner Oxiris Barbot dismissed a request during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic to provide the police force with a large stockpile of masks, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. In a phone conversation in late March, NYPD chief of department Terence Monahan asked Barbot for a supply of 500,000 …
