Nation Jun 08 New York passes bill to unveil police disciplinary records New York lawmakers are poised to overhaul a decades-old law protecting police disciplinary records that has long been among the nation's most secretive.
Nation Jun 04 WATCH: NYC Mayor de Blasio says 'there will be consequences' for stabbing ambush Police were trying Thursday to determine what motivated a stabbing ambush of an officer on an anti-looting patrol in Brooklyn, an attack that spurred a struggle in which the suspect was shot and two other officers had gunshot injuries to…
Nation May 21 Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from U.S. prison President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was released from federal prison Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence at home.
Health May 14 New York nursing homes worry about cost for COVID-19 testing requirement As calls grow nationwide for testing everyone in nursing homes for coronavirus, New York facilities are sounding alarms about the state's ambitious new demand to test roughly 185,000 workers twice a week. Administrators worry there won't be enough test kits.
Health May 11 WATCH: Parts of New York state ready to start reopening, Cuomo says Several regions of upstate New York that have shown progress in taming the coronavirus outbreak are ready to gradually restart economic activity by the end of the week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
Health May 09 NY's Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll Of the nation’s more than 25,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, more than a fifth of them — about 5,300 — are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll…
Nation May 05 Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged cover-ups of predator priests and thousands of internal emails.
Health May 03 Faced with 20,000 dead, care homes seek shield from lawsuits At least 15 states have enacted laws or governors’ orders that explicitly or apparently provide nursing homes and long-term care facilities some protection from lawsuits arising from the crisis.
Nation May 02 As warmer weather beckons, NYPD to enforce social distancing Officers set out on foot, bicycles and cars to break up crowds and remind those enjoying the weather of public health restrictions requiring they keep 6 feet away from others.
Health Apr 23 Nursing homes plead for more coronavirus tests After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don’t have access to enough tests.