Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the state’s PAUSE mandate on Monday, ordering all nonessential workers to stay home until April 29. He also bashed New York City residents who congregated outside over the sunny weekend, breaking coronavirus social distancing rules. While today’s figures give some hope that a plateau in novel coronavirus cases may be near, […]
As the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak mounts, mutual aid groups have been popping up all across Brooklyn, New York City’s largest borough, to assist neighbors who are more vulnerable to the deadly virus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Friday morning that 57,159 New York City residents had tested positive for COVID-19, and […]
Here’s Bushwick Avenue as you’ve never seen it before. There’s nary a car or truck in sight — just wide-open asphalt, with intersections cordoned off by protective barriers and patient cops directing traffic. An East Williamsburg section of the usually busy thoroughfare was closed to vehicular traffic for daytime recreational use from Friday, March 27 […]