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New York City public schools are planning a part-time return to classrooms this fall with in-person instruction two or three days a week, officials said Wednesday.The coronavirus pandemic forced the system of 1.1 million students to close in March. Mayor Bill de Blasio said schools will be back with safety…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at a press conference on Wednesday that schools will not fully reopen in fall, and will instead adopt a hybrid model that will limit in-person attendance to just one to three days a week. Why it matters: New York City, once the…

Politics Insider for July 7: Canada has a new man at the UN, the Rideau Hall intruder faces a long list of charges and Trudeau skips a trip to D.C. Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox. Canada has a new…

12.47am BST00:47 Summary California, Michigan and other states are dialing back reopening plans as coronavirus cases surge. New York City has decided not to let restaurants resume indoor service next week as planned, and Miami Beach has reinstated a curfew ahead of the Independence Day weekend. Donald Trump said the…

New York Police officers in Times Square in 2013. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) The New York City Council voted to pass an $88 billion budget just after midnight on Wednesday morning, in which funding for the NYPD was cut by roughly $1 billion. Much of the NYPD budget cuts, at $349.5‬ million,…

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images UPDATE (8/8/20, 1:07 p.m. ET): The 2020 VMAs will no longer be held at Barclays Center. Find a statement from MTV and Barclays Center spokespeople below, in italics. Original post follows. The 2020 VMAs will be held on Sunday, August 30 and pay homage to…

(NEW YORK) — There will be protest, and rainbow flags and performances — it is LGBTQ Pride, after all. But what is normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City is going to look a little different this year, thanks to social distancing rules required by the coronavirus.…

The 2020 edition of the New York City Marathon has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, organisers have said.New York has been one of the hardest hit cities in the world from the virus recording 388,000 confirmed cases and 30,927 deaths as of June 25.The New York Road Runners,…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea testified on Monday that officers who drove their cars into protesters were complying with department standards, and he defended the arrests of legal observers monitoring police conduct at demonstrations.FILE PHOTO: New York City Police (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea speaks at…