New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has again tripped himself up on twitter after calling out Orthodox Jews for not following social distancing guidelines during the funeral of a greatly respected Rabbi in Williamsburg. The tweet storm response was enormous.
Starting at 12:00pm Tuesday, New York City residents were able to watch a flyover of military parade jets in a tribute to the healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 virus. The flyover passed directly over Crown Heights, bringing the rarely heard roar of low flying military jets.
An Air Force and Navy flyover salute to the healthcare workers on the front line of the COVID-19 Pandemic is planned for Tuesday in the skies of New York City. The spectacle will be able to be seen as far as Brooklyn and Staten Island,
New York City has announced that they will be providing three free kosher “grab and go” meals per day for any New Yorker that requests them. The kosher meals will be under the Volove Kashrus organization.
At least 513 more people were killed by COVID-19 in the Big Apple in the past 24 hours — a grim number that nonetheless offered a ray of hope, as it was 209 fewer lives lost than the day before, city data released Saturday reveal.
More than 900 staffers at New York City’s public hospital system have tested positive for the coronavirus and 3,000 have called in sick — revealing how the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged front-line medical workers as well as patients, according to new data released Wednesday.
Brooklyn Borough Hall office released a complete update on Coronavirus (COVID-19), with up to date information, as well as city and state rules and reliefs enacted for the people of New York City.
Brooklyn landlord Mario Salerno cancelled rent for approximately 300 tenants in his 18 apartment building complex in a gesture of goodwill following the spread of COVID-19 in the borough.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo stomped into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s sandbox on Wednesday and did what Hizzoner has refused to do — order all city playgrounds closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials announced a partnership with FEMA to bring an additional 250 ambulances to New York City amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
In the latest job targeted by New York State to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo has halted all nonessential construction.
Everyone leaving the New York metro area should self-quarantine for 14 days, Dr. Deborah Birx, who is in charge of the U.S. response to the coronavirus, said Tuesday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered all non-essential workers to stay home due to the Coronavirus, with limited exceptions.
Brooklyn Borough Hall office released a complete update on Coronavirus (COVID-19), with up to date information, as well as city and state rules and reliefs enacted for the people of New York City.
As the Coronavirus outbreak spreads to other Jewish communities in New York City, Chevra Hatzalah’s central office has released a community wide alert regarding coronavirus.
After a large outcry, alternate side rules have been suspended in New York City through Tuesday March 24th. The decision was made after a large number of politicians and activists lobbied to have it suspended, as many hundreds of cases of Coronavirus put people into self quarantine.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a statement updating on the DA’s Office and the COVID-19 virus outbreak. In it, he announced that for now, the DA will not prosecute low-level offenses that do not jeopardize public safety.
