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Summary List PlacementFormer President Donald Trump in a statement on Monday blasted the Supreme Court over a decision opening the door for the Manhattan district attorney to obtain his tax returns and other financial records. "The Supreme Court never should have let this 'fishing expedition' happen, but they did," Trump said. "This is something which has never happened to a President before, it is...

Summary List PlacementNew York Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Democrat representing part of Queens, has been one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's most vocal critics since the start of the pandemic. In particular, Kim has criticized the Cuomo administration's Health Department's order to nursing homes to admit COVID-positive patients discharged from hospitals, and the administration's lack of transparency over the data related to nursing home deaths. ...

Summary List PlacementA group of US state governors asked President Joe Biden in a letter to decrease confusion caused by the government's COVID-19 vaccine reporting. As part of the National Governors Association Executive Committee, nine governors including New York's Andrew Cuomo, Arkansas' Asa Hutchinson, Massachusetts' Charlie Baker, Maryland's Larry Hogan, Alabama's Kay Ivey, Arizona's Doug Ducey, New Mexico's Michelle Lujan Grisham, Colorado's Jared Polis,...

Summary List PlacementA celebrity doctor is facing criticism for giving his 53-year-old shoe-designer husband a coronavirus vaccine, despite his partner's not appearing to qualify for the jab yet.  Last week, Brian Atwood, who has designed shoes for celebrities including Reese Witherspoon and Lady Gaga, posted a video to Instagram Stories showing his husband, Dr. Jake Deutsch, giving him his second dose of the Moderna...

Summary List PlacementAndrew Cuomo made a mistake at the start of the pandemic.  That mistake may very well have contributed to the deaths of thousands of elderly New Yorkers, but there's no reason to believe when he ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients in March that it was anything other than well-intentioned and based on his best judgment.  The governor's judgment proved poor...

Summary List PlacementNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that vaccine providers in the state have found extra doses in vials from Moderna, the biotech company whose vaccine was authorized by the FDA on Friday. "Some good news: Many Moderna vaccine vials hold an extra dose. Vaccinators can often get 11 doses, not just 10, per vial," Cuomo tweeted on Wednesday.  "That means...

Summary List PlacementBritish Airways, Delta Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic said they would start requiring travelers heading to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to test negative for COVID-19 prior to boarding.  The decision comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked several airlines to require travelers heading to the airport from the United Kingdom to be tested following news on a new strain...

Summary List PlacementA former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a tweet on Sunday that the New York official sexually harassed her for years while she was employed in his office.  "Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years," said Lindsey Boylan, who worked for the governor between 2015 and 2018. Boylan was an advisor to Cuomo, as well as the deputy secretary for...

Summary List PlacementNew York and New Jersey officials are disturbed that a Republican club on Thursday hosted a gala with 150 mask-less people in attendance, including Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. A day after the event, New Jersey Mayor Steven Fulop shut down the Maritime Parc, the restaurant that hosted the gala, according to multiple outlets. Fulop ordered the restaurant to close indefinitely after photos...

Summary List PlacementNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not be having his 89-year-old mother and two of his daughters over for Thanksgiving, according to a senior adviser. On Monday afternoon, Cuomo indicated he would be having a small dinner when asked about his plans in an interview on a local radio station. "The story is, my mom is going to come up and two...

Summary List Placement As the US faces another surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases, several states are tightening restrictions in an attempt to curtail the spread. The restrictions come just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday season when millions of Americans typically travel and gather with their extended family members and friends.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist, said late...

Summary List Placement New York City councilman Joe Borelli said he would invite more than 10 people for Thanksgiving soon after Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed new COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday.  "I'll be having more than 10 people at my house on Thanksgiving. My address is public record. Some family will come from (gasp!) New Jersey," the Republican councilman wrote in a tweet.  He added:...

Summary List Placement Two big cities are clear losers from the coronavirus pandemic: New York and San Francisco. But that doesn't mean that people who live there are losing out — quite the opposite, actually. Shuttered schools and offices, coupled with fewer options for cultural activities, have forced many city dwellers to consider whether or not they are willing to pay notably astronomical Manhattan...

A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the state must quickly pay unemployment benefits to Uber and Lyft drivers, earlier reported by The New York Times. Drivers and an advocacy group sued the state, saying it was taking too long to pay drivers, and Tuesday's ruling requires the state to clear its backlog within 45 days as the case proceeds in court....

Jeffrey Epstein's New York townhouse, listed for $88 million, and Palm Beach residence, listed for about $22 million, are hitting the market. Epstein was found dead in his jail cell last August in a death ruled a suicide. He was awaiting trial for federal sex-trafficking charges. The proceeds from the sales will go to his estate, which has established a victim's fund for the...

The New York State bar examination, which had already been rescheduled to September, has been cancelled. While there is no new test date or news of moving the test online, the New York Court of Appeals announced Thursday that it is offering temporary licensing for eligible candidates. A growing number of recent graduates and law schools are calling for the state to waive the...

Dr. Anthony Fauci said on PBS NewsHour that New York offers an ideal example of how to "correctly" confront novel coronavirus outbreaks. "We know that, when you do it properly, you bring down those cases," Fauci said. "We have done it. We have done it in New York. New York got hit worse than any place in the world." New York City is slated...

A crowded 15-candidate field is vying for the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Rep. Jose Serrano in New York's 15th Congressional District, based in the South Bronx. The controversial New York City Council member Rubén Díaz Sr. and another council member, Ritchie Torres, are the frontrunners in the June 23 Democratic primary. With thousands of absentee ballots outstanding and left to be tabulated, this...