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After previewing the return of in-person learning ahead of Thanksgiving, Mayor Bill de Blasio returned from the holiday on Sunday to announce the scheduled return of public schools starting with elementary and special education students. The first school buildings will reopen Dec. 7, de Blasio said Sunday. City officials plan to reopen public school buildings in a phased approach, starting…

Two weeks after looting forced them to close, several stores on West 52nd Street in West Philadelphia are reopening. NBC10’s Brandon Hudson has the details.

“It’s coming. And it’s coming now.” That’s how New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy described the threat of a second wave of the coronavirus Thursday as he said cases continue to rise “exponentially.” Murphy has reported well more than 1,000 new cases a day for more than a week straight. Along with those increases have come upticks in hospitalizations, which...

BREAKING UPDATE: Cuomo Orders Schools in NYC Hotspots Closed Tuesday; Mayor Plans to Move Ahead With Additional Closures Wednesday New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says all non-essential businesses, public and private schools will close Wednesday in nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens, if approved by the state, after reporting coronavirus cases above a 3 percent positivity rate…

It has been nearly three months since tri-state governors Andrew Cuomo, Phil Murphy and Ned Lamont implemented a travel restriction in an effort to protect their states’ hard-earned progress against COVID-19 as cases surged elsewhere across the country. Thirty-five U.S. “hotspots” are on the list as of Tuesday, with Cuomo adding Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. No...

Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn’t the return anyone planned for. For most, it wasn’t a return at all. Only pre-kindergarten and some special education students were scheduled to end a six-month absence from school buildings after a last-minute decision to postpone, for the second time, plans to be among the first big districts to resume in-person...

A week after health officials warned Labor Day weekend could bring a possible uptick in COVID-19 cases, that holiday doesn’t appear to have contributed to a surge in New York — but out-of-state travel is still considered one of the core threats to the state’s low infection rate. Puerto Rico was added back to the tri-state quarantine list Tuesday,...

Sheriff deputies will begin stopping buses headed to Port Authority from viral U.S. hotspots as part of New York City’s continued effort to stem any travel-related upticks in virus cases, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. They’ll give riders contact forms to fill out with their information and quarantine plans. It’s the latest measure the mayor has introduced to...

Indoor dining and movie theaters both reopen in New Jersey Friday, exactly six months to the day the state reported its first confirmed COVID case. Both are still shut down in New York City amid a tense standoff between the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo over enforcement issues. In New Jersey, movie theater attendance is capped at 25 percent percent…

The town has put out the help wanted sign, but so far they say that response has been minimal, with just “one or zero applicants” for a number of posted openings

New York City’s largest teachers’ union and City Hall have reached an agreement over a plan to safely reopen schools for part-time in-person learning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. The deal averts a potential strike authorization vote, which could have brought about the city’s first teachers’ strike since 1975. Under the new plan, the start of hybrid learning...

Alaska and Montana found themselves back on the tri-state quarantine list Tuesday while no states were removed, bringing the total number of restricted states and U.S. territories to 33, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. The restricted-states list, a joint effort initially announced in late June by Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, requires travelers to…

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says gyms in his state can reopen Sept. 1 at 25 percent capacity. Masks will be required, among other COVID precautions. Health clubs and indoor amusement facilities can also open then. Will indoor dining be next? The governor made the long-awaited gym announcement early Wednesday, two days after gyms in neighboring New York were permitted…

With thousands of individual school districts in the United States and no consolidated directive on how to begin fall classes — whether in-person, completely online or a combination of both — local communities are facing uncertain times.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down on his commitment to protect the five boroughs from travel-linked virus surges Tuesday, ordering hotels and short-term rentals to require travelers complete quarantine forms before they get access to rooms. Fines will be issued starting this week for failure to comply. De Blasio also urged New Yorkers to avoid hotspot state…

Some states on the tri-state’s quarantine list have hit a plateau in coronavirus infections, and few of them have seen decreases in new cases — but the list remains almost as long as ever. As New York reports its lowest virus hospitalization and ICU numbers since the middle of March, the state added Hawaii, South Dakota and the U.S....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the green light Friday to reopen New York’s 750 school districts in person this fall — a data-driven decision that mirrors the threshold-based calls he made on the phased economic reopenings for the state’s 10 regions. But this decision is different. Cuomo says it’s ultimately not up to him. “Parents have to be included and believe…

Some states on the tri-state’s quarantine list have hit a plateau in coronavirus infections, and few of them have seen decreases in new cases — but the list remains almost as long as ever. California, Florida and Texas have all surpassed New York in most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and they’re among the 34 states (plus Puerto...

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the…

A number of Florida lawyers are offering free or discounted living wills for teachers who may be required to return to the classroom this school year. “I had read a story a few weeks ago about three Arizona teachers who’d gone back to school to work on a project,” said Charles Gallagher, whose St. Petersburg law firm, Gallagher & Associates, is...