Gov. Andrew Cuomo

WASHINGTON (AP) — The contrast could hardly be more stark. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has said that if all of his sweeping, expensive measures to stem the coronavirus saved one life, it would be worth it. President Donald Trump has another view: The costs of shutting down the economy outweigh the benefits, frequently […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster in the city Wednesday, with its emergence as the nation’s biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of the country as U.S. deaths from the pandemic topped 1,000. LIKE […]

NEW YORK (AP) — No more play dates, no more picnics in the park with friends, no more pickup games of basketball. No more commuting or using public transport — unless absolutely essential. New York is implemented dramatic restrictions Sunday in an attempt to slow a pandemic that has swept across the globe and threatened […]

Nearly a year after Carey Gabay, a well-respected aide to Gov. Cuomo, was fatally shot while walking from a J’ouvert celebration in New York City’s Crown Heights, Brooklyn, police have arrested a fifth suspect in a California resort city two hours east of Los Angeles, according to the New York Daily News. Kenny Bazile was arrested Thursday […]

Nearly a year after Carey Gabay, a well-respected aide to Gov. Cuomo, was fatally shot while walking from a J’ouvert celebration in New York City’s Crown Heights, Brooklyn, police have arrested a fifth suspect in a California resort city two hours east of Los Angeles, according to the New York Daily News. Kenny Bazile was arrested Thursday […]

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — The manhunt for two escaped killers expanded to campsites and boat slips in Vermont on Wednesday, and State Police said a female prison staff member being questioned may have had a role in helping the men. At a news conference outside the maximum-security prison, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Vermont […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York state enacted the nation’s toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law less than an hour after it won final […]