Gov. Andrew Cuomo

New York state health officials have begun drafting plans to disperse coronavirus vaccines in anticipation of the completed testing of a federally-funded drug to combat the virus that has so far led to the deaths of nearly 220,000 Americans. A state vaccine task force has created a draft of a distribution plan for New York ahead of a completed vaccine…

Health officials in New York delivered a ban days before a scheduled wedding after receiving reports that “upwards of 10,000 individuals” were scheduled to attend the ceremony in Brooklyn, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. At his briefing Saturday, the governor explained that state officials received word of a the wedding after the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning against attending…

New York’s health commissioner issued an order barring the mass gathering at a Hasidic synagogue, which would violate the 50 person gathering limit. Myles Miller reports.

Some movie theaters in New York state can reopen starting Oct. 23, Gov. Cuomo announced Saturday. Adam Harding reports.

State and county health officials filed a lawsuit Friday against an Orange County school that they said has remained open despite an order to close because of a spike in coronavirus cases. The Times Herald-Record reports the suit filed in state Supreme Court in Goshen names the Bnei Yoel school in Kiryas Joel. Earlier this month, Orange County health officials ordered...

The judge said in an order Friday that even though the rules harm religious groups, it is not in the public interest to block them if they are helping prevent a wave of new infections

Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a “streak of anti-Semitic discrimination” with a recent crackdown on religious gatherings to reduce the state’s coronavirus infection rate. The Manhattan federal court lawsuit filed late Wednesday accused the Democrat of making negative, false, and discriminatory statements about the Jewish Orthodox...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed legislation officially making Juneteenth, a day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, a New York state holiday

Cuomo concedes only a few mistakes of his own, saying that he waited too long to mandate that New Yorkers wear masks while ignoring the state’s struggles to help nursing homes acquire enough protective gear or staff

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Columbus Day by unveiling a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The dedication of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized in 1946. That decision came after a commission led…

Two federal judges refused to block New York’s plan to temporarily limit the size of religious gathering in COVID-19 hot spots. U.S. District Judge Judge Kiyo Matsumoto issued a ruling Friday after an emergency hearing in a lawsuit brought by rabbis and synagogues, arguing the restrictions were unconstitutional. They had sought to have enforcement delayed until at least after...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his decision to not wear a mask at an indoor press conference held Monday in New York City in response to questions from reporters

Hundreds of movie theaters will shutter their doors once again this week, a move that comes after the delay of yet another major studio tentpole and as theater owners point blame to one man: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Theaters in New York have remained closed since March when the governor closed all indoor entertainment venues in conjunction with a…

BREAKING UPDATE: Cuomo Orders Schools in NYC Hotspots Closed Tuesday; Mayor Plans to Move Ahead With Additional Closures Wednesday New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says all non-essential businesses, public and private schools will close Wednesday in nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens, if approved by the state, after reporting coronavirus cases above a 3 percent positivity rate…

BREAKING UPDATE: Non-Essential Businesses, Public and Private Schools, Indoor Dining to Close Wednesday in 9 ZIP Codes if Approved by State; Indoor Dining Suspended in 11 ZIP Codes on Watchlist but Schools Stay Open for Now New York state’s daily count of new coronavirus cases is continuing on an upward trend. The state reported on Saturday that there were more…

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Governor Cuomo shut down bars in Queens and Suffolk County, saying it’s “downright dangerous.” NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

People took to the streets to push for billionaires tax to help families, Gilma Avalos reports.

A town supervisor in Suffolk County said he’s not sure where the governor is getting the idea that there are rampant social distancing issues there, saying most people have been following guidelines. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

New York may have as many as 93 cases of children presenting with a new pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome likely linked to COVID-19. At least three children have died, and two more deaths are under investigation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. Melissa Russo reports.