NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo tests and his actions in regards to the NYC outbreak

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was tested for the COVID 19 over the weekend and the result came back negative. Cuomo made the announcement at his daily press briefing on Monday, and said that he didn’t pose any symptoms, but that New Yorkers can now be tested without first developing ailments. “There’s no reason
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Increase of NYC shooting

Shootings in the city soared 188 percent this week from eight to 23 compared to the same period last year, while murders doubled from four to eight, police sources told The Post. The gunplay involved 29 victims. Five shootings erupted within two hours of each other Saturday, the sources said. Overnight, seven people were shot. Warm
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Urgency of resonable guidelines to reopen the city

Joe Borelli, the councilman to the 51st District in New York City, called for state and local government officials to start addressing “reasonable guidelines” to reopen the Big Apple and get people back to work. “The mayor and governor put a lot of effort into the lockdown and securing supplies. But now, every day more families are
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The upcoming weather for New York

What a difference one week makes. After days of unseasonable cold across the eastern half of the U.S., thanks to an appearance by the polar vortex last week, the nation’s largest city will see a glimpse of summer on Friday to start the weekend. The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said a warm front will bring summer-like temperatures to the Ohio Valley Thursday before arriving
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Nurse travels from Virginia to New York by boat to join front lines of coronavirus fight

A Virginia nurse is being hailed as a “hero” by her husband after traveling by sailboat to New York City to join the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus. Rachel Hartley and her husband, Taylor, made the nearly three-day journey from Lynchburg to the Big Apple during the winter, sailing the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean. She since has been working in
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Gov. Charlie Baker’s four step plan

Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a four-step plan on Monday to begin reopening Massachusetts by May 18. Baker said guidance on which businesses would be able to open first will be issued at a later date but will likely apply to those that require little to no contact with customers and in a “limited fashion.” The Republican governor named
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Ahmaud Arbery’s additional video being reviewed

Authorities in Georgia say they are reviewing additional video in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was fatally shot while jogging through a Glynn County neighborhood in February. “We are indeed reviewing additional video footage and photographs as part of the active case,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which was asked to help investigate the
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Newsom order sending mail-in ballots to all California voters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed an executive order that will send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for November’s presidential election — immediately raising concerns from Republicans that it could lead to fraud and abuse. “Elections and the right to vote are foundational to our democracy,” Newsom said in a statement. “No
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Ahmaud Arbery case: Georgia father and son arrested, charged with murder

A father and son were arrested and charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a man whose shooting death in February has sparked protests, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced Thursday night. Investigators said Travis McMichael, 34, while with his father, Gregory, 64, both of whom are white, shot and killed Arbery, who is black, outside Brunswick
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Mayor Michael Melham affected by coronavirus way before the first reported case

China on Thursday seized on comments made by a New Jersey mayor that he had contracted the novel coronavirus as early as November — a claim that, if true, would throw the U.S. and Beijing’s timelines about COVID-19 into disarray. Lijian Zhao, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry who has been at the center of pushing back against the U.S., quoted a
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