Ed Day

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said he wasn’t aware of Rockland County’s request for a coronavirus “containment zone” — a remark County Executive Ed Day said left him “dumbfounded.”  In a letter to Cuomo dated April 2, Day asked New York State to establish a containment zone within the Town of Ramapo, which has become a hot spot in a...

Mayor Bill de Blasio hopes to recruit approximately 45,000 additional health care workers to help combat the COVID-19 crisis. Ken Buffa reports.

A suburban New York Republican organization removed a widely condemned video from its Facebook page on Thursday that warned of a Hasidic Jewish “takeover.”

Rockland County will not renew the state of emergency order issued during its months-long measles outbreak.

Rockland County officials joined New York lawmakers in Albany Monday morning to help a push a bill in the state Legislature that would end all non-medical exemptions for required vaccines for all children attending school in the state.

Here’s what to know for Friday, April 26.

The county executive of suburban Rockland County, New York is renewing his 30-day state of emergency to combat the measles outbreak that has sickened 200 people in the county since October.

The measles outbreak in Rockland County is continuing to grow, with 194 confirmed cases as of Friday, according to data posted by the county.

Rockland County officials have outlined a new plan to combat a measles outbreak the area has been grappling with for months.

Authorities plan to start asking people sickened about where they’ve been and whom they’ve encountered.

A state judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Rockland County’s emergency order banning children from public places unless they’ve been vaccinated against measles.

The Rockland County declaration of a measles state of emergency has had a positive impact — although the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, officials announced Friday.

Confirmed cases of measles in Rockland County rose to 155 on Wednesday, hours after the county declared a state of emergency and banned children who are unvaccinated against the measles from public places.

It’s a health crisis that local leaders are telling everyone to take very seriously. Checkey Beckford reports.

Here’s what to know for Wednesday, March 27.

Rockland County has declared a state of emergency and banned children who are unvaccinated against the measles from public places after a local outbreak entered its 26th week.

A blind New York musician says he was turned away from a chain sandwich restaurant because of his seeing-eye dog.  Milton Kuna went to the Subway sandwich shop on North Street in New City Monday night with his service dog, Nash, only to be told dogs of any kind weren’t allowed “As soon as I opened the door, one...