All of the pizza getting made at Manhattan’s Sauce Pizzeria — as many as 400 per day — are going straight to hospitals to feed health care workers pulling long shifts as they remain on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight

As many as 400 pizzas are being delivery for free to hospitals all over New York City, and as far north as Westchester, by Sauce Pizzeria. The eatery’s landlord saw what they were doing on social media so the landlord decided to give back, with three months rent and a $20,000 donation. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A hardware store in Manhattan was fined for hiking prices on products like hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes, cleaning products popular in recent weeks to prevent or ward off the spread COVID-19. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have both issued warnings to businesses in recent days that price gouging would be severely…

Lawyers familiar with the Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center say the facility is returning to normal operations Wednesday — about two weeks after suspicions about a smuggled handgun triggered a lockdown at the federal jail. The lawyers familiar with the investigation say the focus is now in part on a prison officer and whether that officer smuggled the gun, which was…

A hardware store in Manhattan was fined for hiking prices on products like hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes, cleaning products popular in recent weeks to prevent or ward off the spread COVID-19.

A loaded gun was found in an inmate’s cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center Thursday evening, ending an eight-day search after officials were tipped off that a weapon had been smuggled inside, according to a senior official and the federal Bureau of Prisons. Other contraband was recovered over the last week as well, including cellphones, narcotics and homemade weapons,...

A gun was found in an inmate’s cell at MCC Thursday, according to a senior official, ending an eight-day search after officials were tipped off that a weapon had been smuggled inside.

As officials continue their search after receiving a tip about a gun smuggled into the federal facility, some inmates have been moved to another place while others remain — with little to no contact with lawyers, families or even showers, some defense attorneys said. Stacey Bell reports.

For a week, special operations teams have been combing over every inch of the Manhattan facility, after acting on a tip to see if any guns or weapons had been smuggled inside. The inmates remained on lockdown, without access to phones, their families, or even their lawyers ahead of their trials. Stacey Bell reports.

UPDATE: 2 New COVID-19 Cases in NY Bring Total to 13: Community Spread Eyed in Possible NJ Case as State Awaits Tests The wife, son, daughter and neighbor of a midtown Manhattan lawyer who has been hospitalized in severe condition since being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus have now also tested positive, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. In addition, a…

All of the new cases are connected to a Westchester County lawyer who worked in Manhattan. His son, also found to have the virus, attended Yeshiva University, forcing the school to close. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford and John Chandler report.

A former correctional officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually abusing a woman housed at the federal lockup in Manhattan — a facility that has drawn mounting criticism for security lapses such as the death last year of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The officer, Colin Akparanta, admitted using his authority to coerce the inmate into sex acts in 2017. He pleaded guilty…

New York has six confirmed cases of coronavirus — a man in Westchester County, believed to be the state’s first person-to-person spread case; his wife, son, daughter and neighbor; and a woman who lives in Manhattan. Katherine Creag reports.

UPDATE: Family and Neighbor of NYC Attorney Also Test Positive for COVID-19, Taking State to 6 Cases; Dad Hospitalized in ICU An attorney who lives in Westchester County and works in midtown Manhattan is New York state’s second confirmed coronavirus case — and the first apparent instance of community spread, the governor said Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said an initial…

An attorney who lives in Westchester County and works in midtown Manhattan is New York state’s second confirmed coronavirus case — and the first apparent instance of community spread, the governor said Tuesday. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill and Checkey Beckford report.

NBC New York’s Brian Thompson went to one of New Jersey’s largest hospitals to see what the process patients go through as they get tested for coronavirus if they exhibit symptoms.

The latest patient is a lawyer in his 50s, who has been hospitalized in serious condition as a result. The man’s two children have also been put in isolation, with one exhibiting symptoms, and some schools closing as a precaution. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein and Ida Siegal report.