Andrew Cuomo

New York is investing $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence in an attempt to make them safer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. This initiative will directly help 3,200 youth in Captial Region, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, and Western New York, and builds on the…

With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo set to be questioned Saturday, investigators appear close to finishing an investigation into the sexual harassment and misconduct allegations that have shadowed him for months. As Cuomo faces potential impeachment over his behavior, lawmakers who have been reserving judgment on his political future are awaiting a report on the investigation’s findings. The probe...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the predicted Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor Eric Adams are meeting to discuss the rise in gun violence in the city. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Some New York City neighborhoods are experiencing a marked increase in new COVID-19 cases and health officials say low vaccination rates and more transmissible variants like delta are to blame. Tracie Strahan reports.

Delta is now the dominant COVID strain in the United States and appears on track to be the same in New York City in short order.

CDC updates their guidelines for COVID-19 protocols for schools. Melissa Russo reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued the first-in-the-nation Executive Order declaring gun violence in New York as a Disaster Emergency — the first step in a comprehensive plan that aims to tackle the surge in gun violence throughout the state. The announcement was made at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan in New York Tuesday afternoon. The disaster emergency…

The delta variant is believed to be up to 60% more transmissible than previous more contagious strains of the virus. It may also be more deadly.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. rose 10 percent this week, the CDC said on Thursday, due to the “hypertransmissible Delta variant” and lagging vaccination rates.

Vaccinated New York City workers can ditch their masks and stop social distancing in the office starting Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. And he hopes to restore full normalcy — no masks for anyone, no strict COVID precautions — for city offices in September if federal CDC guidance by then supports those changes. In the meantime, unvaccinated city workers…

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The World Health Organization says the Delta variant is so contagious that even vaccinated people ought to wear masks, so the variant doesn’t spread to unvaccinated people. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres talks about the variant and whether the U.S. would need to reinstitute mask mandates in the face of it.

New York’s single-day COVID death toll fell to three on Monday, the lowest daily count since Sept. 28, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, while statewide hospitalizations remain well below their opening threshold at the pandemic’s start. None of the three deaths were in former national hotspots Brooklyn and Queens, which still rank as America’s third and fifth deadliest counties,...

New health department data released Friday shows the presence of the “dangerous” delta COVID variant in New York City has nearly doubled since officials’ previous report, an increase reflective of national trends that have reignited U.S. recovery worries.

It might be the only executive order born out of the COVID-19 emergency that New York restaurants and bars appreciated.

New York’s longstanding COVID-19 State of Emergency expires on Thursday — and so too does a popular program that many are sad to see go. Erica Byfield reports.

In Israel, Pfizer officials say its coronavirus vaccine is highly effective against the dangerous Delta variant.

In-home vaccinations are now available to all New York City residents, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday, marking the latest push to make immunization more convenient as the prevalence of the delta variant rises stokes new concerns.

Starting Thursday, patrons will no longer be able to get their alcohol drinks to-go from restaurants. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.