Overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, in the state budget passed earlier this month, hydrofracking was permanently banned in New York State. Governor Cuomo had announced…
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Reportedly buckling to pressure from Mayor de Blasio and city elected officials, Governor Cuomo has ordered that all nonessential construction projects be put on hold.…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Not letting coronavirus sidetrack it from its duties, Community Board 2 held its March full-board meeting last week by video…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Tues, March 24, 9 a.m.: Amid dire warnings that COVID-19 could overwhelm the city’s hospitals, Mount Sinai Health System is…
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Cuomo announced that the U.S.N.S. Comfort, a 1,000-bed hospital ship, is being deployed to New York Harbor. Expected to…
BY MARY REINHOLZ | Days before Mayor de Blasio ordered a shutdown of city bars and restaurants except for take-out and delivery, service employees and…
Citing a “lack of federal direction,” Governor Cuomo is teaming up with his counterparts in New Jersey and Connecticut in a regional approach to social…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | New York City’s schools will close Monday and stay shut until at least April 20. Mayor de Blasio finally relented…
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Sun., March 15, 2 p.m.: Not letting coronavirus derail democracy, the Village Independent Democrats were out collecting ballot petition signatures…