Mayor Bill de Blasio

Schools have been temporarily blocked from enforcing a vaccine mandate for teachers and other workers by a federal appeals judge just days before it was to take effect. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

The requirement to receive at least one dose of the COVID vaccine was supposed to go into effect by Sept. 27, 2021.

A federal monitor has made recommendations to improve conditions at Rikers Island. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

The city’s mandate ordering all New York City school staff to be vaccinated by next week hit another roadblock after a federal appeals court issued a temporary injunction three days before the mayor’s deadline.

The deadline for NYC school teachers and students to get vaccinated is this Monday, putting pressure on those who remain unvaccinated to get their vaccines. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

A vaccine mandate for New York City’s public school teachers and other staffers can go forward as planned next week, after a state judge lifted a temporary restraining order. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

The newest mandate mostly covers performing arts activities, like dance, band, chorus, musical theater and cheerleading.

Five help centers, one in each borough, opened Saturday morning across New York City to assist residents affected by Ida’s devastating flooding. NYC Emergency Management and the NYC Department of Social Services says the service centers will stay open each day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to provide in-person support and information on essential resources. The centers will...

The vast majority of New York City’s Ida home deaths were people who lived in basement apartments that were rapidly flooded by the onslaught of rain, which is why the mayor is zeroing in on more drastic measures to protect the vulnerable. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a new approach Friday to managing severe weather that he says will “bluntly be a jolt to people” but one he says is necessary to address increasingly frequent major flooding events — as the scope of devastation from this latest one continues to expand. This comes the same day that Gov. Kathy...

De Blasio on Friday confirmed he’s exploring a future in public office, which appears to include a potential run for governor

If you’re vaccinated, you’ve got less that a one percent chance of getting a breakthrough infection, according to city health department figures. Andrew Siff reports.

New evidence suggests the vaccines are holding up better against the highly contagious Delta variant than anyone realized, according to New York City data released Wednesday.  Mayor de Blasio revealed new health department figures which show that between Jan. 17 and Aug. 7 only 0.33% — or one-third of one percent — of COVID-19 cases in the city are breakthrough infections…

Dr. Jennifer Haythe, an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Columbia, answers your questions about COVID-19 and going back to school.

About 148,000 school employees — and contractors who work in schools — will have to get at least a first dose by Sept. 27, according to an announcement from the Democratic mayor and the city health and education departments. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

The new policy marks the first no-option vaccination mandate for a broad group of city workers in the nation’s most populous city.

All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus

New York City’s public schools will require COVID-19 vaccinations for student-athletes and coaches participating in “high-risk” sports including football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, lacrosse, rugby and bowling

New COVID-19 measures in New York City are putting restaurant servers, bartenders and ticket agents on the frontline of enforcing vaccination rules. Meanwhile, the 3rd shot of the COVID vaccine could soon be approved for Americans. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.