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Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:57 PM EDT
New York Post. June 21, 2021. Editorial: ‘Progressive’ Maya Wiley is anything but When Al Sharpton faults you for your...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York to let COVID-19 state of emergency expire

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 23, 2021 02:58 PM EDT

Decision day looms in NY party primaries

Jun. 21, 2021 10:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators...

FILE - This photo from Tuesday Dec. 1, 2020, shows a nurse during a protest strike over safe staffing issues at Montefiore Hospital in New Rochelle, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation, Friday June 18, 2021, requiring general hospitals in the state to seek input from nurses and other staff in creating staffing plans that are to include specific guidelines on how many patients each nurse is assigned. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
New York law gives nurses a voice in hospital staffing plans

Jun. 19, 2021 02:36 PM EDT

NY to shift vaccination push to least vaccinated communities

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 18, 2021 07:09 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York plans to downscale its mass vaccination sites to focus on communities where the fewest percentage of New Yorkers are getting the...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 02:45 PM EDT
Newsday. June 9, 2021. Editorial: Plan for MTA goes off track For a brief moment, there seemed to be a path forward...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions during a news conference at One World Trade in New York, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining social distancing rules and shooting off fireworks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 15, 2021 12:55 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:10 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. June 4, 2021. Editorial: An institutional problem THE ISSUE: COVID-19...

Feinberg tapped as 1st woman to chair NYC transit authority

Jun. 08, 2021 05:34 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Feinberg has been nominated to chair New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and if confirmed, would become the first woman to...

NY Education Department to schools: Masks still required

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 07, 2021 03:30 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Students, teachers and staff in New York schools were still required to wear masks indoors Monday, despite a conflicting letter from the...

FILE - Pedestrians wear protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. New York will lift more COVID-19 rules once 70% of adults have at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, a target that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he hoped his state could reach in days. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
More virus rules to lift if 70% of NY adults get vaccine jab

By Marina Villeneuve And Karen Matthews Jun. 07, 2021 01:23 PM EDT

FILE - This Tuesday May 18, 2021 file photo shows kindergarten students wearing face masks and separated by plexiglass during a math lesson at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y. New York plans to make mask-wearing optional in K-12 schools starting Monday, June 7, 2021 the state's health commissioner said in a letter to federal health regulators Friday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Masks optional in New York state schools starting Monday

By Marina Villeneuve Jun. 04, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

FILE - This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. The virus specifically targets T cells, which play a critical role in the body's immune response against invaders like bacteria and viruses. Colors were added by the source. Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030. (Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via AP)
Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 04, 2021 09:44 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 02:54 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. June 2, 2021. Editorial: Stop the gunfire The gun violence Albany is experience this year is part...

FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo, Emily Baumgartner, left, and Luke Finley, second from left, join friends from their church group in a birthday toast to one of the members, upper right, during their weekly "Monday Night Hang" gathering at the Tiki Bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York. After a statewide midnight curfew on outdoor dining ended May 17, a similar indoor curfew for bars and restaurants ended on Monday, May 31 as coronavirus restrictions ease. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
NY lifts statewide virus curfew for indoor bars, eateries

May. 31, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

CDC: Two-thirds of NY adults have taken one vaccine dose

May. 29, 2021 03:19 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y (AP) — Two-thirds of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest federal data. ...

People with COVID-19 symptoms wait to be assisted outside a hospital that is at full capacity in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, May 28, 2021. The city imposed strict shutdown measures this week to stop the spread of the virus, halting public transportation for the first time and closing supermarkets. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

NY says vaccinated workers can use sick leave if needed

By Marina Villeneuve May. 27, 2021 06:02 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Employers aren't allowed to refuse paid sick days if people feel ill after getting a dose of the vaccine, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said...

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 10, 2021 in New York. Cuomo disclosed Monday, May 17, 2021 that he was paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last year and under his publishing contract will make another $2 million on the memoir over the next two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)
Cuomo impeachment probe has now spoken to around 75 people

By Marina Villeneuve May. 26, 2021 06:12 PM EDT

In NY, vaccinated teens can enter raffle for free college

By Marina Villeneuve May. 26, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Vaccinated kids aged 12 to 17 will have a chance to win a full ride to public universities and colleges in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said...