Mayor Bill de Blasio

A judge says former President Donald Trump’s company can continue running a public golf course in New York City

City Hall released comprehensive guidelines Wednesday on the looming private-sector vaccine mandate set to take effect later this month, a strictest-in-the-nation order Mayor Bill de Blasio has called a preemptive strike against the triple COVID threat posed by omicron’s emergence, delta’s severity and the holiday season.

In a fundraising email sent to supporters Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is “very seriously” considering running for governor. “First and foremost, let me answer the question I get a lot of these days: Am I going to run for Governor of New York?”, the email reads. “The honest answer is, I am thinking about…

The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project has become a controversial subject for both residents of the Lower East side and environmental activists. NBC New York’s Gabriella Lozano reports.

As climate adaptation focuses on making communities more resilient against the effects of climate change, one project on the Lower East Side has become a controversial subject for both community residents and environmental activists

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says all private employers big and small in the city will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 27. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York City’s already tight vaccination regulations are about to get even more stringent. Andrew Siff reports.

Four additional cases of the omicron COVID variant were identified on Monday, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, bringing the state’s tally up to 12.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced major new expansions to the vaccine mandate, on Monday. Andrew Siff reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the expansion Monday amid yet another COVID surge driving case rates up across the five boroughs.

NBC New York’s Romney Smith and Tracie Strahan reports.

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio said that Times Square will be open for New Years Eve, but only for vaccinated people.

A former top state Department of Health official testified that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office barred the agency from working closely with the New York City Health Department and other public health officials during the peak of the pandemic. Dr. Elizabeth Dufort said the former governor of New York prohibited her and her colleagues from communicating with local health...

A former top state Health Department official testified that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office barred the agency from working closely with the NYC Health Department and other public health officials during the peak of the pandemic. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Vaccination rates increase among city employees, while thousands are furloughed refusing to get the vaccine. Gus Rosendale reports.

Governors Island will open to visitors all year-round starting Monday. Starting Nov. 1, Governors Island will be open from 7 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., seven days a week, all year long, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced in September. “We have a jewel in New York harbor. We have a place that is magical that all New Yorkers should experience. It’s…

More than 26,000 of New York City’s municipal workers remained unvaccinated after Friday’s deadline to show proof they’ve gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the city said Saturday. A last-minute rush of jabs boosted the vaccination rate to 83% among police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and other city workers covered by the mandate as of 8...

Six hours past the city’s vaccination deadline for city workers, and already at least half a dozen fire companies have already closed — the result of an apparent sick-out by firefighters determined to defy the mandate. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio separately received COVID-19 booster shots

More than seven years after the deadly arrest of Eric Garner on a Staten Island sidewalk, a judicial inquiry into the police killing is expected to begin Monday.