Since my last report two weeks ago, the number of judges and court staff testing positive for COVID-19 has, thankfully, continued to plummet, enabling us, on the operational side of our house, to prioritize the restoration of in-person proceedings and services, including jury trials, and to put all of our focus on resuming full-court operations, so that we can clear
It’s back to school again for thousands of New York City schoolchildren who returned to classrooms Monday after a roughly two-week shutdown spurred by the
Since September, the Food and Drug Administration has approved seven COVID-19 tests that yield results in 30 minutes or less, offering hope for vast improvements
The longtime head of the Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn said Friday that a Supreme Court ruling that barred New York from enforcing certain restrictions
New York’s governor and New York City’s mayor made one more plea Tuesday for people to abandon plans for in-person Thanksgiving festivities. Gov. Andrew Cuomo
A Brooklyn synagogue should be investigated over reports that it hosted a secret wedding with thousands of unmasked guests earlier this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap. Despite the pandemic — and the fact that Santa’s age and weight put him
The New York Office of Court Administration has suspended all new jury trials and grand juries in the state to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. New York City has “one last chance” to turn the
A long-standing tradition in Brooklyn Heights, the annual Halloween party at Pierrepont Playground, was amended in format this year to create a parade — safely distanced — along the Promenade.
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he was easing restrictions slightly in some coronavirus hot spots in New York City, but adding them in areas along the Pennsylvania border as
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
Thousands of mostly young women in masks rallied Saturday in the nation’s capital and other U.S. cities, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
It rolled off the car carrier near my home in Brooklyn and less than 20 minutes later it was mine: a 2015 Mazda CX-5 in a deep blue. It is
Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened Wednesday to take away state funding from schools in coronavirus hot spots that are ignoring orders to shut their doors, saying their defiance was endangering public
With performance halls shut because of the coronavirus pandemic, the best concert venue a violinist could hope for one recent October Friday was a sidewalk in Downtown Brooklyn. Fiona Simon
After months of grappling with a pandemic that has walloped New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, prompting changes to holidays, mourning and prayers, new limits on worship and other activities are
This story was originally published on Oct. 5 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. For Rabbi Robert
Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, many members are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer — social distancing, wearing masks.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) has announced the start of its 2020 Brooklyn Waterfront Challenge, a competition that invites participants to run, walk or cycle a 131-mile exploration of Brooklyn’s iconic
Ortiz comments on ballot misprints Assistant New York State Assembly Speaker Felix Ortiz (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) released a statement after a misprint by a third-party vendor caused 100,000 Brooklyn voters
Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised alarm Monday about the emergence of a handful of coronavirus hot spots in New York, saying just 10 ZIP codes represented more than a quarter of
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here. Hundreds of thousands of New York City students are heading
Adams, Perry unveil mural in Canarsie Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined with Assemblymember Nick Perry (D-East Flatbush) during the weekend to unveil a new mural in Canarsie highlighting the
Commuters who refuse to wear a mask on New York City subways, trains and buses could face a $50 fine starting Monday. The agency that runs one of the world’s
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged. The 19th anniversary of the terror attacks will be
Back to school for many of New York’s 2 ½ million public school students has meant back to their kitchen tables and bedrooms where they left off in the spring.