Rockland County

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has realigned cluster zone maps in Brooklyn and Queens, intensifying restrictions in one red zone area while easing them in others. He did not alter the maps for Rockland, Orange or Broome counties Wednesday, citing the need for more progress even while acknowledging some has been made. The governor also added two new micro-clusters — in Steuben…

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...

In a literal battle of church vs. state, more than two dozen churches have taken legal action against New York in an effort to defy recent restrictions that have been imposed and expand capacity. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

The cluster crackdown initiative takes action in Rockland, Marc Santia reports.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan and Myles Miller report.

Protests erupted Tuesday night in New York City hotspots over COVID-19 rollbacks announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. News 4 New York has team coverage to bring you the latest.

NBC New York’s Myles Miller and Tracie Strahan report.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is raising alarm about the emergence of a handful of coronavirus hot spots in New York. The Democratic governor said Monday that just 10 ZIP codes represent a quarter of the state’s new infections in recent testing. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A fiery car crash on railroad tracks in Rockland County Sunday afternoon killed two people, including a high school student, injured another and suspended the NJ Transit rail service into Monday morning.

Two volunteer EMTs were killed in a fiery crash in Suffern while returning home from a weekend spent observing Rosh Hashanah. Rana Novini reports.

The MTA painted a doomsday scenario detailing how some branches would be eliminated as part of proposed drastic and draconian cuts to service, and Metro-North lines west of the Hudson would be on the chopping block

Under one plan, the MTA would cut all Metro-North service to Rockland and Orange counties — something that infuriated and stunned officials and commuters there. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

A federal complaint alleges that the brothers opened vendor accounts and engaged in a scheme to defraud Amazon via over-shipping, where they would say they’re shipping one item, but instead ship large amounts of cheaper items and charging exorbitant amounts for each one

Four brothers in Rockland County were arrested as part of a $19 million fraud ring scheme that sources said was run out of their parents’ basement at one time. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

A school district in Rockland County is pressing the pause button on hybrid learning plans for the fall. Clarkstown Central School District Superintendent Martin D. Cox said the district was simply not ready to go ahead with the in-person learning model. “The decision was made that we are not quite ready yet to do it as effectively as we want…

Schools in New York can reopen this fall. Melissa Russo reports on what that means.

One is accused of allowing contraband into the Rockland County Correctional Center and engaging in what prosecutors deemed an “inappropriate relationship with female minority inmates,” while the other is accused of sexual harassment

The body of the 25-year-old man, whose name has not been released by the State Parks Department, was pulled from the water of Lake Sebago in Harriman State Park Monday evening, officials said

A 25-year-old man who was enjoying a hot summer day with his friends out on Lake Sebago in Rockland County went missing and rescuers later found his body in the water. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.