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A new bill would allow tenants to fill out a simple form declaring financial hardship caused by the pandemic in order to avoid eviction until May 1.
- The $1.6 billion expansion of Penn Station into the iconic Farley Post Office will be Amtrak's New York hub.
- Cuomo’s clemencies send a distinctly different message than President Trump’s controversial pardon spree this week.
- De Blasio, who’s been chronically late to events throughout his City Hall tenure and who’s gained a napper’s rep, weighed in on the topic Wednesday in response to a question about what he’s learned over the past year as the city battled a pandemic that’s caused 24,000 deaths.
- The city Campaign Finance Board confirmed that Yang registered his campaign on Wednesday.
- Democrats in the Legislature are planning a remote end-of-year session scheduled for Monday to pass protections for tenants and property owners that “goes much further than the current moratorium,” a source said.
- The team, slated to host its first home playoff game since 1995, has submitted a proposal to the state which will be reviewed, Gov. Cuomo and state officials said Wednesday.
- The City Council expelled Andy King in October after finding he harassed and discriminated against a female employee, took a kickback from another staffer and failed to pay a fine for previous misconduct.
- Mayor de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city intends to step up quarantine enforcement on foreign travelers — particularly those coming from England — over concerns about a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19.
- More than 30,000 people in the city have gotten the shot since it was first administered to a Queens ICU nurse last week, and so far there has only been one “adverse event” as a result, according to the department.
- The “Jonah Bichotte Cowan Act” signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Cuomo is named for the late son of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Brooklyn), who died just two hours after being born in 2016.
- The law, signed Tuesday by Gov. Cuomo, makes it so New Yorkers will automatically be registered or have their voter information updated when they have contact with the government such as renewing a driver’s license through the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- The development, which was being pushed by Bruce Eichner of the Continuum Company, would have brought two 39-story apartment towers and the shade they cast near the edges of the famed plant sanctuary.
- A coalition of 20 good government groups are calling on the state budget division to release detailed, monthly information about money that has been held back during the coronavirus pandemic.
- De Blasio derided the most recent federal stimulus package, which was passed by Congress Monday, as merely “short-term” relief that would not fundamentally address the dire fiscal needs now faced by the city and state governments due to COVID.
- Cuomo, who a day earlier worked out a deal with airlines requiring travelers from England report a negative coronavirus test before flying to the Empire State, said he believes the new strain is likely already in the U.S.
- A total of 618 nursing homes in the Empire State are enrolled in a federal vaccination program that will see drug stores send specialists into elder care facilities to inoculate staff and residents against the deadly virus over the coming weeks, Gov. Cuomo said.
- The review of city Department of Homeless Services shelters found health and safety risks in all 13 shelters that auditors visited and 92% of the 91 units they inspected.
- “There’s so much missing. You can’t call it stimulus. A stimulus would actually stim-u-late the economy. Help us move forward, help us recover ... this barely helps us tread water, " de Blasio said.
- “We’re very excited about the Moderna vaccine coming to New York City,” Chokshi said at a Monday morning news briefing. “It will be a total of about 149,400 doses for this week.”
- The request came as a growing number of countries close their borders to Brits amid fears of a highly contagious new coronavirus strain spreading in parts of the U.K.
- The Working Families Party will endorse Jumaane Williams in his bid to remain public advocate and Councilman Brad Lander in the race for city comptroller. An official announcement on the endorsements is expected Monday.
- The official announcement, which is expected to come Sunday, will also include endorsements from state Sen. Robert Jackson and Assembly members Dick Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal.
- According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Boylan and her communications consultant, Lupe Todd-Medina, were “not a good fit” before the Cuomo situation erupted on social media.
- The governor bet a report $100 Friday that the Bills will make the playoffs and the Empire State will avoid another COVID shutdown because he “believes in New Yorkers and I would never bet against New Yorkers.”
- “I write to remind you that your pardon power only extends to federal offenses, and your friends and family could still face state prosecution if they committed crimes in New York,” says State Senator Kaminsky.
- NYC officials walked back a bizarre rule Friday that barred outdoor dining patrons from using a restaurant’s indoor restroom.
- NYC Sheriff Joseph Fucito is not a newcomer. He’s worn the badge for the past six years, serving until now in a civil law-enforcement role that hasn’t carried the notoriety of the sheriffs of Wild West folklore
- Both tenant advocates and landlords had been anxiously awaiting the new guidance after Gov. Cuomo announced earlier this month he intended to issue an executive order expanding the state’s COVID rent relief measure after more than $60 million of an allotted $100 million in federal funds went unspent.
- “Emergency food providers need additional food to meet the unprecedented demand in communities nationwide,” said N.Y. lawmakers
- "This court is disinclined to take any action that may result in the disenfranchisement of even one voter," Justice Carol Edmead wrote.
- If signed into law, the legislation would mean anyone reporting misconduct to the city school district’s Special Commissioner of Investigation would become eligible for whistleblower protections.
- 'It’s a decent, high-quality coquito' that comes with 'a bit of a punch,' candidate Michael Beltzer said Thursday.
- “I believe in New Yorkers. We slow the spread. We won’t have to shut down anything. We take the vaccine. And we turn the page in life, and we get ready for 2021," said Cuomo.
- States of emergency were declared in 18 counties across the Empire State as significant amounts of snow buried upstate cities from Binghamton to Albany.
- Exceptions are made for images used in books, museum services or materials used for educational or historical purposes.
- NYPD Inspector Kobel is accused of posting comments referring to former President Barack Obama as a “Muslim savage,” and to Mayor de Blasio’s son Dante as “brillohead.”
- “This is streamlining the process. It’s creating coordination. It’s creating more transparency,” said NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
- As lawmakers weigh a special end-of-year session to hike taxes on the ultra-rich, the governor said the state should wait until early 2021.
- The governor said New York's Department of Financial Services will order all insurers to cover any costs associated with the vaccine.
- The Protect Our Courts Act prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting anyone going to or leaving a court proceeding unless they have a signed warrant.
- "The number one thing we have to be very aware of is getting residents back to work," she said Tuesday.
- A coalition of policymakers and advocates laid out a “Justice Roadmap” on Tuesday, pushing for a sweeping slate of overhauls that includes broad reforms for immigrants and the state’s prison system.
