President Donald Trump is eager to re-open the US for business, Americans are itching to leave their homes and take advantage of the warming weather and companies small and large are anxiously awaiting financial recovery. Two weeks ago, President Trump proclaimed that Easter – April 12 – would be a great day for the US … Read more
The Department of Defense has shared photographs of inside the Javits Center in New York City, which has become the largest hospital in the United States, after it started accepting COVID-19 patients ahead of the pandemic ‘peak’ that will hit the city this week. The center was an exposition center but was transformed in just … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended the state’s lockdown period to April 29 and is increasing social distancing fines to $1,000 in an effort to keep people indoors as the coronavirus growth curve flattens. On Monday, Cuomo announced that the death rate had flattened for the second day in a row and that the … Read more
New York City hospitals will run out of ventilators by Wednesday at the latest, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned on Sunday during his coronavirus briefing. ‘We have bought a few more days here,’ the mayor told reporters at City Hall on Sunday. ‘We believe now we can get to Tuesday or Wednesday with the supplies … Read more
The daily death toll in New York dipped Sunday, a sign that the state may have hit the apex of the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. There were 4,159 fatalities as of Sunday morning – up 594 from the day before. A record 630 deaths were reported Saturday. The numbers Sunday reflect the first time fatalities have … Read more
The New York epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic will receive 1,000 donated ventilators from the Chinese billionaires who co-founded Alibaba, as the state approaches its apex and Long Island emerges as a worrying hotspot, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said. New York now has 113,704 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 3,565 deaths, an increase of 630 … Read more
The coronavirus death toll across the state of New York has risen by 562 in just 24 hours, bringing the total number of victims to 2,935, and the number of infections has gone past 100,000. Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed the startling new figures at a press conference on Friday morning where he pleaded with the … Read more
Elon Musk is rebutting claims Tesla sent the wrong ventilators to a New York City hospital, stating officials asked for devices that treat sleep apnea as life-support variants are for worst case patients.
New York finally legalizes electric scooters and e-bikes as part of new state spending bill, though cities will still be able to enforce their own bans The 2020 New York state budget will legalize e-bikes and e-scooters E-bike speeds will be limited to a top speed of 25mph, and scooters to 15mph The provision will … Read more
Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a stern warning to states which think they will not be badly affected by coronavirus on Wednesday as he revealed the virus has claimed another 391 lives across the state of New York. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of infections in New York State rose to 83,712 – an increase … Read more