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New York City’s Subway Ends 24-Hour Service Amid Pandemic New York City

New York City’s Subway Ends 24-Hour Service Amid Pandemic

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May 7, 2020
Historic New York City subway shutdown for cleaning deemed ‘successful’ New York City

Historic New York City subway shutdown for cleaning deemed ‘successful’

Relocating homeless individuals put them at risk, advocates said.May 6, 2020, 9:12 PM7 min read The first deliberate shutdown of the New York City subway system in 115 years was deemed "successful" by transit officials on Wednesday, after a small army of cleaners disinfected trains, and police officers, social workers…
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May 7, 2020
15 New York City children have been hospitalized with an unknown disease that doctors fear is linked to the coronavirus New York City

15 New York City children have been hospitalized with an unknown disease that doctors fear is linked to the coronavirus

15 children were hospitalized in New York City with an unknown disease, according to the city's Department of Health.Symptoms of the disease were similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, with inflammation of the blood vessels.In the past week, reports have been circulating about 100 children, mainly in Europe, who…
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May 5, 2020
New York City Is Latest To Close Some Streets To Cars, Making More Space For People New York City

New York City Is Latest To Close Some Streets To Cars, Making More Space For People

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May 5, 2020
Cuomo announces New York City will disinfect every subway train every 24 hours in an ‘unprecedented step’ New York City

Cuomo announces New York City will disinfect every subway train every 24 hours in an ‘unprecedented step’

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the New York City MTA will "disinfect every train every 24 hours" in an effort to keep essential workers safe from coronavirus infection.On Thursday, Cuomo and NYC mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the subway would close overnight between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. so trains…
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May 2, 2020
‘No One Has Tested Us Before’: EMTs Go Door-To-Door With Test Kits New York City

‘No One Has Tested Us Before’: EMTs Go Door-To-Door With Test Kits

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May 2, 2020
NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives New York City

NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives

Trump supporters waving Q messages on their phones at a Trump rally in Las Vegas on February 22, 2020.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images)The New York City Police Department arrested a conspiracy theorist who issued death threats against former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and allegedly traveled…
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May 1, 2020