April 13, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The New York Department of Labor has upgraded its online and call center technology systems that will increase the agency’s capacity to process unemployment benefit applications. The new system, dubbed “Tech Surge,” was rolled out Friday — in partnership with Google Cloud, Deloitte, and Verizon — and will help… Read more »
April 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned New Yorkers to stay the course and to remain cautious as efforts to flatten the spread of COVID-19 appear to be paying off. The number of hospitalizations and intubations – those who are connected to ventilators – continues to drop, the governor said at… Read more »
April 11, 2020 By Michael Dorgan All public schools will remain closed for the remainder of the current academic school year and will reopen again in September, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning. The mayor said it was the right decision to keep them closed since it would help stop the spread of COVID-19… Read more »
April 10, 2020 By Michael Dorgan A man was found dead outside an industrial building in Corona this morning. The victim, who is believed to be in his mid-30’s, was reported unconscious at around 6:45 a.m. in front of 102-19 44th Ave., according to police. The building is adjacent to the Port Washington LIRR line…. Read more »
April 10, 2020 By Christian Murray Council Member Costa Constantinides posted on twitter last night that his wife—-who has a number of pre-existing conditions– is seriously ill with coronavirus. Constantinides, a private person who typically doesn’t use social media to discuss his family, posted that his wife Lori has been in hospital with COVID-19 since… Read more »
April 9, 2020 By Allie Griffin More than 4,000 New York City residents have died of the novel coronavirus and nearly a third of the deaths have been Queens residents, according to city data released this morning. In total, 4,426 New Yorkers have been killed by the virus in the Big Apple — 1,377 of… Read more »
April 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin The state’s shutdown that began last month to contain the spread of the coronavirus is working, Governor Andrew Cuomo said today — but still, more and more New Yorkers are dying each day. The dramatic measures that have brought the state to a near halt are “flattening the curve… Read more »
April 8, 2020, By Michael Dorgan A man is dead after he was struck by a 7 train at the 90th Street subway station this afternoon, MTA officials and the police said. The man is the third person to have been hit by a 7 train in the space of a week. Police said that… Read more »
April 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin The temporary hospital being built inside the Billie Jean King Tennis Center — the home of the U.S. Open — will begin seeing coronavirus patients this week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. The hospital will also be able to see more patients than originally planned. The city increased… Read more »
April 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin The coronavirus is disproportionately killing Hispanic and Black New Yorkers across the five boroughs, according to newly released data. Hispanic and Latino people account for 34 percent of all COVID-19 related deaths in New York City, while they make up about 29 percent of the city’s population, according to… Read more »