Earthquake in NYC and New Jersey: What We Know, Live Updates: A small earthquake surprised the New York City metro area on Friday morning with an extended period ...
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Quick Glance: Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake Rocks New York City and Northeast US
- An unusual East Coast earthquake startled millions from New York to rural New England. Over 42 million people may have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8.
- While causing no widespread damage, the earthquake led to evacuations in Newark, New Jersey, and infrastructure inspections across the region. Flights were diverted, trains slowed, and tunnel traffic stopped.
- Although no major damages were reported, the earthquake caused some disruptions. The area near the epicenter experienced minor effects, including the collapse of a historic site. There were also over a dozen aftershocks reported in the region.
- President Joe Biden offered assistance, while New York City reported no major safety or infrastructure issues. Engineers emphasized that New York skyscrapers are made of high-strength materials and designed to sway slowly to withstand impacts. Even the delicately placed eggs in a sculpture at a Chinatown art gallery remained unharmed during the quake.
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Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order
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New Yorkers Can Now Buy Birth Control Without a Prescription: Governor Hochul signed an order on Tuesday that allows pharmacists in the state to dispense three ...
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Birth Control to Be Sold Over the Counter in New York Pharmacies: Officials said the move was intended to remove barriers to contraceptive care ...
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New York ‘Business Is Booming’ as Jobs Hit Record Post Pandemic: New York’s private-sector workforce jumped to a record of 8.35 million jobs in January ...
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National Guard Can’t Carry Long Guns While Checking Bags in Subway: Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an order forbidding the weapons at bag-check stations on Wednesday ...
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Hochul’s smart subway deployment: Let’s say you have a problem. It’s getting worse and no one is doing much about it. Then someone with authority steps in and ...
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On the wrong track: New subway safety plan should stress mental health assistance, not Guardsmen
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Gov. Hochul proposed to permanently allow alcohol-to-go sales from bars and restaurants in a move that would cement one of the more popular innovations to come ... Show more
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New York governor wants to spend $2.4 billion to help deal with migrant influx in new budget proposal
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Hochul Warns of Lingering Floods and Outages in New York State: Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the most significant problems caused by the storm were likely ...
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Quick Glance: Hochul Proposes Limited Plan to Boost Housing
- Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a more limited set of policies to spur residential development, stepping back from last year's most contentious legislative battles.
- Hochul made addressing the housing shortage the centerpiece of her 2023 agenda, pushing an ambitious plan to force development in towns and cities across the state.
- She's also advocating for policies to spur housing in New York City, including reviving a controversial tax break for multi-family construction known as 421-a.
- Hochul tried a different approach over the summer by incentivizing localities to add housing, giving them preference for state discretionary funding.
Hochul Proposes Paid Prenatal Leave in NY to Make Childbirth Safer: The plan is among several the governor is proposing to address what leaders have called a ...
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New York State budget: Focus will be mostly about money, not policy: As 2024 begins, federal pandemic aid has been mostly used up and the state faces about a $4 ...
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Multiple injuries as tour bus rolls over in New York, police say: Crash occurred Friday on highway in southern Adirondacks, New York state police say
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Minimum wage, tolls, health care among New York’s legal changes in 2024: Some of the legal changes in New York set for Jan. 1 include minimum wages and highway ...
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New York removes medical debt from credit reports: Medical debt will no longer appear on the credit reports of New York residents
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Sources: Deadly crash at US-Canadian border bridge involved husband and wife in a Bentley, investigators believe
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A cyber first for New York: Hochul's administration wants hospitals to establish a cyberdefense program, take up defensive infrastructure ...
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Sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer appointed New York state’s first loneliness ambassador
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Quick Glance: Dr. Ruth Westheimer Named New York's First Ambassador to Loneliness
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer has been appointed by New York as the ambassador for loneliness to address the epidemic of isolation among all age groups, as described by US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
- Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York's honorary ambassador to loneliness, a role that is unique in the nation.
- Through her appointment, Westheimer aims to support New Yorkers in social isolation, which is associated with physical and mental health issues such as cardiovascular disease, depression, and earlier death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- The appointment of Westheimer fulfills a demand from multiple academics who, in their studies on social connections, argued that loneliness and social isolation is not just a personal issue for individuals to solve on their own, but a problem in need of policy-based support.
A ransom note, fingerprints and cell phone pings. How New York police tracked down a missing 9-year-old girl and the suspect in her disappearance
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Quick Glance: Missing Girl Found Safe; Suspect in Custody
- A 9-year-old girl who disappeared during a family camping trip in upstate New York was found safe after a two-day search.
- Approximately 400 people participated in the search, including law enforcement officers and forest rangers.
- Police were concerned that the girl had been abducted.
- The girl's family appealed to the public for assistance in finding Charlotte and urged anyone with information to contact the police.
New York proposes regs to tighten cybersecurity at hospitals: Rules proposed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul come as cybersecurity threats to healthcare ...
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New state law extends liquor and wine store Sunday hours: Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Saturday that, among other measures, will let liquor and wine ...
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New York state providing COVID tests, masks to schools: New York state will provide COVID-19 tests and masks in school districts amid a recent spike in cases ...
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New York governor directs agencies to investigate lead cables: New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday directed state departments to investigate health risks ...
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New York governor signs bill to legally protect doctors who prescribe abortion pills for out-of-state patients into law
cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/new-york-kathy-hochul-abortion-pills/
New York’s pledge on youth mental health crisis: Gov. Hochul lays out her plan to invest in solutions
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New York Gov. Hochul signs bill expanding access to contraceptives: New Yorkers next year won't have to go through their doctors to get prescription ...
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NY governor signs two bills aimed at ensuring access to abortion medication and over-the counter contraceptives
cnn.com/2023/05/02/politics/new-york-governor-abortion-medication/
New York to distribute 1 million free N95 masks Thursday amid hazardous smoke levels
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A Man Was Strangled in the Subway. New York Leaders’ Response Is a Joke.: Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul don't seem that serious about fixing the underlying ...
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NYC Subway Ridership Hits 4 Million For the First Time Since March 2020: New York City’s subway system tallied 4 million rides on Thursday, a record high since ...
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Hochul’s budget helps N.Y. Latinos: Menthol ban, housing, mental health and education plans should all pass
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NY Gov. Hochul talks teen mental health as she promotes budget plan: The governor said Thursday she discussed access to care and the struggles students face in ...
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Hochul facing fight over cigarette tax hike, ban on flavored tobacco: Gov. Kathy Hochul's state budget proposal would increase the tax by $1 to $5 ...
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New York passes bill to codify abortion rights in state constitution : The New York legislature on Tuesday passed an amendment to the state constitution that ...
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Mayor Adams creates new position in charge of NYC public spaces: The mayor tapped Ya-Ting Liu, chief strategy officer for the deputy mayor for Operations ...
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Saving the subway, again: Dedicated taxes have to increase to fund transit: As former MTA chairman and lieutenant governor Dick Ravitch correctly wrote here last ...
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Paid articlePaid New York state Senate panel rejects Hochul’s judicial nominee to the state’s highest court
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Gov. Hochul touts potential mental health investments in executive budget proposal
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Kathy Hochul Proposes $1 Billion in New Funding for Mental Health: The New York governor’s plan includes 3,500 housing units to prevent homelessness
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Hochul’s Vision for New York: Fighting Crime and Building Housing: Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered a State of the State speech on Tuesday that addressed some of the ...
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Quick Glance: Governor Hochul's housing plan includes rezoning New York suburbs and subsidies to encourage new construction.
- Hochul's plan to build 800,000 new housing units across the state over the next few years.
- To address the state's housing crisis, Hochul proposed the "New York Housing Compact" in her State of the State address on Tuesday, which would require each town, city, and village in the state to set a target number of new homes to build over a three-year period.
- The governor specifically targeted suburban communities surrounding New York City for limiting development in recent decades, and she stated in her address that the state is prepared to intervene.
- Hochul stated, "Housing is a human right,"
New York Wants to Link Minimum Wage to Inflation, Hochul Says: New York Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing automatic increases to the state’s $15-an-hour minimum ...
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NYC subway ridership surpasses 1 billion for first time since 2019: The New York City subway carried more than 1 billion people this year, marking a major ...
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Recreational cannabis sales kick off in New York City
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Hochul signs bills allowing one-day marriage officiants, improving street design and upping penalty for pandemic price gouging
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Paid articlePaid Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?: The Eric Adams–Kathy Hochul ‘New New York’ report is full of ideas and almost completely lacks any “how we ...
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Thousands of New York nurses go on strike: It's an outcome city and state officials had pushed to avert.
axios.com/2023/01/09/nyc-nurses-strike-mount-sinai-montefiore-hospitals
New York governor dedicates $1B to address mental illness: The plan includes expanded psychiatric treatment capacity, more supportive housing and increased ...
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As Early Winter Crisis Eases, Tripledemic Fears Fade: Hello, it’s Immanual in New York. As we head into mid-winter, I’ve been curious about how bad the ...
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New York monitoring hospital capacity and stockpiling ventilators as ‘tripledemic’ threat of COVID, flu and RSV hits
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New York state health commissioner resigning: New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett announced Friday she will be leaving her post on Jan ...
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Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?: The Eric Adams–Kathy Hochul ‘New New York’ report is full of ideas and almost completely lacks any “how we ...
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The chief judge New York deserves: Gov. Hochul on what will inform her nomination
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Watch Lee Zeldin Dance When Asked If Donald Trump Was A Great President: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confronted her Trump-backed Republican challenger about his ...
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Quick Glance: How to Watch the New York Governor's Race Debate Between Hochul and Zeldin
- She oversaw the state's reaction to an omicron COVID winter, signed new gun control and abortion rights legislation, and achieved an agreement with lawmakers to modify the state's contentious bail changes.
- Hochul "was never even elected Governor, New Yorkers aren't her apostles, she is not the mother of the state's counties, and the people want to be in charge of their own government again." Zeldin said in a fiery statement announcing his participation in the discussion.
- "I hope the moderators address rising crime, cashless bail and other pro-criminal laws," Zeldin said in a statement.
- "I'll win," Hochul predicted.
Covid, Flu and RSV Are Increasing Hospitalizations in NYC: New Yorkers are falling ill with new variants of Covid and old illnesses like flu and RSV that masking ...
nytimes.com/2022/10/27/nyregion/nyc-hospitalizations-covid-flu-rsv.html
If you’re worried New York is about to elect a Republican, here’s what you need to know
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Safer underground: Adams and Hochul try a new subway crime plan: Sitting down to write an editorial about the new gubernatorial-mayoral initiative on subway ...
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Paid articlePaid New York Governor Hochul and Republican opponent Lee Zeldin take different tones on COVID school vaccine mandate
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Paid articlePaid Lee Zeldin Targets New York City Crime as Polls Show Tightening Governor’s Race : Republican campaigning more in the city than past GOP candidates ...
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New York City subway trains getting security cameras: NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — Security cameras, which are already ubiquitous on New York's streets ...
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New York Gov. Declares Emergency After Poliovirus Found In More Wastewater: “On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T ...
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Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire ...
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The MTA Says You Can Officially Wear Your Mask Weird Now: On Wednesday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she was dropping the public-transportation mask ...
curbed.com/2022/09/mta-mask-mandate-sign-weird-confusing.html
New York drops mask requirement on public transportation: NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is dropping its mask requirement on public transportation thanks in part ...
apnews.com/article/covid-health-new-york-city-48aa804c548366fcf5f1dceb9d568221
Reuters Top News: LIVE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul gets COVID booster, provides update
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Hochul lifts mask mandate on mass transit: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Wednesday announced the state’s health department will lift its mask mandate for ...
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Gov. Hochul takes new steps to fight polio amid outbreak in New York: ‘An imminent threat to public health’
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New York to Ramp Up Polio Vaccinations as Hochul Declares Health Emergency Over Virus Spread
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will end COVID emergency weeks before tight election: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday she will let a pair of COVID-19 executive ...
foxnews.com/politics/new-york-kathy-hochul-end-covid-emergency-election
New York lifts mask mandate for public transportation, including subways: New York joins other states nationwide to shift its mask rules.
axios.com/2022/09/07/new-york-covid-19-mask-mandate-subways
New York Will Administer One-Fifth Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine to Stretch Supply: New York’s Health Department has confirmed the state’s first case of monkeypox ...
democracynow.org/2022/8/23/headlines/new_york_will_administer_one_fifth_doses_of_monkeypox_vaccine_to_stretch_supply
Firms face Sept. 30 deadline to apply for COVID grants: The state's marquee pandemic-relief program for businesses ends this month, officials said.
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New York City officials declare monkeypox a public health emergency: In the last two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency ...
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Quick Glance: The first person in Europe to die from monkeypox since the pandemic began
- Monkeypox has traditionally been associated with fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, and muscle aches, followed by a rash.
- Earlier on Friday, Brazil confirmed its first monkeypox death.
- The symptoms are followed by a rash that begins on their face or mouth and spreads to other areas of their body, most notably their hands and feet.
- These additional symptoms will aid in the identification of monkeypox symptoms by both individuals and healthcare specialists.
New York Governor Hochul declares state emergency over monkeypox: The governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul late on Friday declared an emergency in the ...
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New York governor declares monkeypox a 'disaster emergency' : New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Friday in response to the growing ...
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Quick Glance: Officials in New York have declared monkeypox an emergency.
- "After reviewing the latest data on the monkeypox outbreak in New York State, I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our aggressive ongoing efforts to confront this outbreak," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
- According to state records, there have been 1,383 reported cases of monkeypox in New York as of Friday, with the majority -- 1,289 -- in New York City.
- Hochul's proclamation came a day after New York state's health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, declared monkeypox a "imminent threat" to public health.
- Last Monday, the World Health Organization proclaimed the monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency of worldwide significance.
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