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November 29, 2020 at 9:33 am

NYC to reopen schools, even as virus spread intensifies

The announcement marks a major policy reversal for New York, the nation's largest school system, less than two weeks after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced...

November 12, 2020 at 10:04 pm

As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus resurgence in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning. The city's public...

October 4, 2020 at 12:00 pm

NYC seeks to reinstate virus restrictions in some spots VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor said Sunday that he has asked the state for permission to close schools and reinstate restrictions on...

September 29, 2020 at 11:52 am

Orthodox Jewish areas in NYC may see city-issued mask fines VIEW

The New York City mayor and police department have had a fraught relationship over coronavirus enforcement with residents of some predominantly Hasidic sections of the...

September 29, 2020 at 8:09 am

Error leaves thousands in NYC with flawed absentee ballots

NEW YORK (AP) — Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out nearly 100,000 absentee...

September 23, 2020 at 1:39 pm

Virus uptick in Hasidic NYC neighborhoods causes concern

NEW YORK (AP) — A spike in COVID-19 cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations is raising alarm...

FILE – In this Sept. 9, 2020, file photo, students wear protective masks as they arrive for classes at the Immaculate Conception School while observing COVID-19 prevention protocols in The Bronx borough of New York. New York City has again delayed the planned start of in-person learning for most of the more than 1 million students in its public school system. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday, Sept. 17, that most elementary school students would do remote-only learning until Sept. 29. Middle and high schools would stay remote through Oct. 1.(AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYR408 NYR408

September 17, 2020 at 7:49 am

NYC again delays in-person learning for most students

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s ambitious attempt to be among the first big cities to bring students back into classrooms closed by the...

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September 15, 2020 at 10:06 pm

Doubts persist at start of NYC’s hybrid school year

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's already- delayed school year started remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that will serve as a prologue to...

FILE – In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo the Snoopy balloon is seen at the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York. A Macy’s Thanksgiving parade reimagined for the coronavirus pandemic will feature floats, performers and giant balloons parading along a one-block stretch of 34th Street in front of the retailer’s flagship Manhattan store, Macy’s officials announced Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NYRD103 NYRD103

September 14, 2020 at 10:59 am

Macy’s plans smaller but camera-ready Thanksgiving parade

The route will be shortened, and the famous giant balloons will be handled by vehicles, not people. The parade also will emphasize local performers.

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A National Park Service ranger rehearses the wreath laying ceremony that President Donald Trump will participate in during a memorial service at the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) PAGP101 PAGP101

September 10, 2020 at 10:05 pm

US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 on Friday as another national crisis, the coronavirus, reconfigured ceremonies and as a presidential campaign carved a path...