Visits at New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities will be allowed on a limited basis for facilities that have been free of new COVID-19 cases for at least 28 days, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker on Friday announced.

The guidance will take effect Wednesday, July 15.

Steve Cohen, a former top aide and longtime advisor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is leaving the investment company led by Ron Perelman where he has served as general counsel to start his own firm.

“Steve has been a valued member of the Office of Chairman as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for eight years," said MacAndrews & Forbes spokesman Josh Vlasto. "During that time, Steve established a great team and we agreed this is the right time to 'pass the torch'. Steve will be pursuing outside business opportunities, starting his own firm and will continue to serve as a legal advisor to the Company.”

New York's coronavirus infection rate remains largely flat, with more than 70,000 test results in the last day finding an infection rate of just over 1 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said Friday.

The state's infection rate over the last several days has continued to hover at around 1 percent. Hospitalizations were reduced by 25 cases to 826 patients. Eight people died of COVID-19, Cuomo's office said.

Sixty percent of registered voters in New York approve of the job Governor Andrew Cuomo is doing, a Marist College released on Thursday found.

The job performance approval is the highest score Cuomo has received in the poll since taking office in 2011 and is a sharp increase from a 38 percent approval rating in March 2019.

An independent inquiry into deaths at nursing homes and long term care facilities is needed, the New York State Nurses Association said Thursday in a statement.

The statement came days after the state Department of Health backed up Governor Andrew Cuomo's public comments that asymptomatic staff carried the coronavirus into nursing homes and spread the infections unknowingly.

School officials are bracing for what will be a new and most likely constantly changing school year this coming fall.

The biggest concern, of course, is how to keep everyone safe and healthy.

Local governments are facing a "profound" fiscal reckoning from the economic crisis created by the pandemic, with the typcial county government losing millions of dollars in revenue, a report released Thursday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found.

The loss of revenue from sales and property taxes, as well as from state aid, will likely lead to public worker layoffs and service reductions.

Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly endorsed Republican Assembly candidate Mike Lawler on Thursday, saying both agree on that the issues of "criminal justice and safety concerns need addressing."

Lawler, the deputy town supervisor in Orangetown, is running for the seat held by Democrat Ellen Jaffee.

Republican Sen. Jim Tedisco wants an independent commission to investigate nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, but his proposed measure to create the panel is yet to receive a bill number despite being introduced two weeks ago.

Tedisco accused Democrats who hold the majority in the state Senate of blocking the measure from evening seeing the light of day. Democrats, in turn, accused Tedisco of playing politics and chasing headlines.

Two Supreme Court rulings released Thursday opened the door to President Donald Trump's tax returns being made public, but that likely won't happen until after the November election.

And for a pair of state lawmakers who sponsored a measure approved last year allowing congressional committees to review Trump's New York tax filings, the rulings underscore why the law should be used.

There were 584 new coronavirus cases confirmed in New York over the last 24 hours out of 65,564 tests that were conducted, an infection rate of about 0.89 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced Thursday.

New cases were found in 46 counties, and eight people died from COVID-19.

New York lawmakers and elected officials on Wednesday decried a Supreme Court ruling that will allow employers to deny coverage for contraceptive services based on religious objections.

The ruling comes after New York has approved measures designed to bolster reproductive and contraceptive measures in the state for women, including a measure that is meant to ensure women have access to coverage regardless of where they work or their employers' religious beliefs.

The League of Women Voters of New York State and the League of Women Voters of the United States joined a federal lawsuit in order to limit the number of absentee ballot rejections.

According to the complaint, New York rejected 14 percent of absentee ballots in 2018 and for the past two election cycles. The state's ballot rejection rate has been among the highest in the country.

Aging out of the foster care system can be a challenge under normal circumstances, but during a pandemic, it can be even harder.

“There’s so much planning under normal circumstances that goes into aging out and all those plans have been disrupted,” Bradley Hansen, public policy director for Families Together in New York State explained. “You have young people who might have aged out in January… they had a solid plan. 'I’m working this place, I have this place I can stay, I am enrolled in mental health services,' everything. And then all that got thrown out when COVID happened."

New York lawmakers this month will hold a public hearing on the revamped redistricting process as the process for redrawing boundaries for legislative districts looms next year.

The hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday, July 15, and will be conducted jointly with Assembly and Senate lawmakers.

The New York City Police Department should implement a package of changes that include more oversight and accountability in the wake of protests following the killing of George Floyd in May, according to a report released Wednesday by Attorney General Letitia James.

The report comes amid an ongoing investigation by James's office into the NYPD's repsonse to the protest and weeks after state lawmakers in June approved police reform bills that criminalize the use of choke holds and allow for the disclosure of police disciplinary records. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed those measures into law.

As the coronavirus pandemic began to shutter businesses creating mass layoffs, Congress approved an extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits for people who lost their jobs due to the crisis.

But now that aid is set to expire at the end of the month. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in an interview to air this evening at 7 on Capital Tonight said the money should be extended through at least 2021.

Malls in some parts of the state will be allowed to open on Friday as long as they have an enhanced air ventilation system that could remove coronavirus particles from the air, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said.

Meanwhile, the state will make a decision on reopening school buidlings in the first week of August, as Cuomo asserted it is a decision that's up to New York officials and will not bend to pressure from President Donald Trump.

A federal court on Wednesday upheld New York's decision to close gun stores during the coronavirus shutdown, with the court finding the Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers were not violated as a result.

The case stemmed from a legal challenge made by a Long Island-based firearms dealer, Dark Storm Industries, which had challenged New York's shutdown order made in March. Health officials kept a limited number of businesses open deemed essential ⁠—such as health care and food distribution ⁠— as most other businesses and entities were ordered to close.

Republicans at the federal and state level are building pressure for a reopening of schools in September as New York, for now, is yet to make a decision on whether students and teachers will return to the buildings in about eight weeks' time.

At issue is balancing the health and safety of children, as well as educators and school staff, amid a coronavirus pandemic with the need to alleviate working parents and guardians of the demands of in-home instruction that has frustrated families since March.

Around 86 percent of New Yorkers want to continue purchasing cocktails to-go even after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the New York State Restaurant Association.

Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the executive order allowing for alcoholic beverages to be purchased with takeout or delivery only through the end of July.

It has been almost two weeks since Governor Andrew Cuomo first announced New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut would be imposing a quarantine on travelers from states with high COVID-19 infection rates.

On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo added three more states to the list, Delaware, Oklahoma, and Kansas, bringing the total number of states on this travel advisory list to 19.

A coalition of 39 progressive organizations on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to approve first passage of a measure meant to close a power imbalance between the Legislature and governor during the budget-making process.

The top lawmaker on the Senate Health Committee on Tuesday said public hearings are needed to clarify the conclusions of a Department of Health report that found nursing home deaths linked to COVID-19 were caused by asymptomatic staff and visitors to the facilities.

“While my team and I are delving into the information highlighted by this report, at first glance, it poses more questions than answers," said Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, in a statement. "It is clear that our upcoming public hearings are necessary to clarify the report's findings, and to bring to light the true scope of how COVID-19 impacted nursing homes and the entire long-term care community.”

New York is adding Delaware, Oklahoma, and Kansas to its travel quarantine list as the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge across the country.

The quarantine policy put in place by New York and neighboring Connecticut and New Jersey requires travelers to self-isolate for 14 days after traveling from states with a positive test rate of 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a 10 percent or higher positivity rate during that same time.

In more normal times, school children would have about eight more weeks of enjoying summer before heading back to school. But these aren't normal times.

And for now no decision has been made on New York school children returning to in-person classroom instruction by September, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said.

A bill backed by Rep. John Katko is meant to better prepare the federal government for the next wave of coronavirus cases.

The measure, which comes as cases continue to grow in the south and western regions of the country, would require federal government agencies to develop plans for how they would respond to a potential second wave of the pandemic, measurable goals, what challenges are anticipated and how they would consult with Congress.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly said if the state does not receive federal aid soon, schools, hospitals, and local governments could all see funding cuts of up to 20 percent.

But he has yet to set a firm date on when this federal aid has to come in by before these cuts become permanent. Yet, somewhat quietly behind the scenes, these cuts are already starting.

Republicans in the state Legislature on Monday assailed a report on nursing home deaths released by the state Department of Health and called for an investigation independent of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

The governor's office, in turn, knocked Republicans for "embarassing themselves" with politicizing the issue.

Congressional lawmakers whose districts share a border with Canada urged leaders in both countries develop guidelines for a phase reopening of the border.

The move has the backing of the co-chairs of the Northern Border Caucus, Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins and Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik.

The New York State Fair cannot go forward this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

The fair is a summer staple for upstate New York and Syracuse. The fairgrounds itself has received an influx of cash from the state to upgrade facilities.

In April, a local government official in Steuben County was alarmed by a little noticed policy that allowed COVID-19 positive nursing home staffers not showing symptoms to continue to go to work.

Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler went to the press about it, and the policy was reversed on April 29 only hours after Health Commissioner Howard Zucker was asked about it.

Last week, a memorandum was sent to county governments with some expected news: Money supporting mental health services was going to be withheld as the state continues to seek federal dollars to shore up its budgets.

Two congressional lawmakers who represent cental New York are urging the Internal Revenue Service to clarify the rules surrounding pandemic relief payments made through debit cards issued by the federal government.

Local leaders are coming together to push for the United States and Canada to develop a framework for a phased reopening of the border.

Since March, four bi-national agreements have extended the border closure. The latest moved it back until July 21.

The hotly contested changes to the state’s bail reform laws went into effect on Thursday.

A group of activists and lawmakers held a virtual press conference criticizing what they are calling rollbacks to important criminal justice reforms.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill late Tuesday that will block tenants from being evicted for any unpaid rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NYS Tenant Safe Harbor Act, sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman, expands on the governor’s executive order which placed a moratorium on evictions, but was set to expire on August 20.

Governor Andrew Cuomo took a swipe at President Donald Trump during a resurrected coronavirus briefing Wednesday.

Near the beginning of the briefing, Cuomo addressed the increase in cases of the coronavirus in a large number of states, saying President Trump needs to take responsibility for what is happening on the national level.

The Capital Region enters Phase Four of economic reopening on Wednesday.

The move means most of upstate New York is now in the fourth stage of the reopening. Officials, however, have delayed the reopening of gyms, malls and movie theaters over concerns of how the virus can spread indoors.

Organizations that offer support services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are bracing for a $75 million cut in services for care coordination organizations.

New York is facing historic unemployment due to the pandemic and is something that could shape up to be a long-term problem.

"I don't think anybody is seriously looking at a v-shaped recovery where everything by the end of this year is back to normal," said EJ McMahon, the president of the Empire Center. "I think it's going to be quite a while."

The State University of New York this week moved to temporarily suspend SAT and ACT testing requirements for the 2021-22 cycles, as the coronavirus pandemic has upended the traditional school schedule for students.

At the same time, the Board of Regents also moved to expand the public college and university system application fee waiver to include active military, their spouses, and their dependents.

Officials from the state Department of Health, State Liquor Authority and the State Police will be monitoring compliance this evening for social distancing and face coverings, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday told NY1 in an interview.

The monitoring comes as New York is working to avoid a second spike of coronavirus cases in a state that was hammered by the pandemic in late winter and spring. New York's cases have since ebbed, but the virus is spiking elsewhere in the country.

Eight additional states have been added to New York's 14-day quarantine, including California, as coronavirus cases continue to spike in the south and western regions of the United States.

The full list of states requiring travelers to quarantine for 14 days now stands at: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

The vast majority of voters in New York state believe systemic racism in the United State is a serious problem, a Siena College poll released Monday found.

The poll also found most voters view the killings of Rayshard Brooks and George Floyd part of a broader pattern of excessive police violence toward Black people.

Housing advocates and lawmakers are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation that would expand protections for tenants before July's rent is due.

The bill was passed by the Legislature in May and was delivered to Cuomo on June 18. Known as the NYS Tenant Safe Harbor Act, the measure would prohibit landlords from evicting tenants who lost income during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Saturday that would allow employers to deny paid sick leave to employees that travel to states with high COVID-19 infection rates.

Right now, that includes only eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. However, every Monday, the health commissioners from the three states with travel advisories, New Jersey, Connecticut, and New Jersey, will be meeting to examine infection rates of other states to update that list on Tuesday.

New York's coronavirus caseload is -- to borrow Gov. Andrew Cuomo's visual metaphor -- finally descending the mountain.

Less 900 cases remain in New York hospitals and the infection rate out of tens of thousands of tests each day has tiptoed around 1 percent over the last several days. New York is finding hotspots -- a slate company in Washington County, a manufacturer in Montgomery County, a graduation in Westchester County -- but that also means the virus is be tracked back to a source and the infection can be slowed.

New York education officials are seeking $19.9 million in federal funding for developing new education models as schools consider how to bring students back in September amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Each day it becomes increasingly clear that the pandemic has further exacerbated the equity gaps among our students who were already most at risk and marginalized,” Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said. “While nothing can replace the importance of face to face instruction, with these funds, we hope to effectively implement blended instructional approaches that meet the needs of all children.”

President Donald Trump should sign an executive order to require people to wear a mask while in public in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday said.

At the same time, Cuomo urged the president to wear a mask himself while in public.

More than a dozen youth groups in a letter to New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Monday urged him to completely remove police officers from the education system and oppose transferring officers from the NYPD to the Department of Education.

The letter comes amid a broader push from some advocates to end the presence of police in schools in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis and a broader national debate over the future of policing and law enforcement policy.

New York City should have "limited" authorization for a loan to bolster its coffers as the pandemic has ripped through the ciity's finances, but Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins also urged patience in developing a plan.

The top Democrat in the state Senate over the weekend in a statement backed the concept of granting loan approval for New York City, a key step for Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.

A bill would expand the state's earned income tax credit in order to benefit low-income households that were likely hit hard by the economic fallout created by the coronavirus pandemic.

The measure, sponsored by Assemblywoman Pat Fahy, is meant to provide a boost to those households amid widespread job losses and virtual lack of economic activity during the spring months in New York that shriveled tax coffers at all levels of government in the state.

Hospitalizations from coronavirus in New York fell below 900 cases as more than 60,000 tests in the last day found a positive rate of less than 1 percent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Sunday announced.

Five people died from the virus on Saturday, the lowest level since March, while 616 new COVID-19 cases were discovered from 61,906 tests.

New York's coronavirus infection rate fell below 1 percent of the thousands of people tested in the last day, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced on Saturday.

More than 70,000 tests on Friday found 703 new coronavirus cases, a rate of .96 percent. 13 people died from the virus, the governor's office said, and 908 people are hospitalized as discharges continue at a steady clip.

What does it take to open up a business right before the pandemic hits? For sisters Lindsey and Marissa Phelps, it was all about adaptability.

"Twenty business days we were open and then the rug got pulled out," Lindsey Phelps said.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday backed a lower court's decision that bars President Donald Trump from shifting military funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The legal challenge to the funding plan had been filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of a coalition of state attorneys general opposing the move.

New York state's cap on religious gathering capacity was blocked by a federal judge on Friday, but attendees must still adhere to social distancing of at least 6 feet.

The legal challenge to the occupancy limit had been filed by Catholic priests in Central New York and a rabbi in the state's Hudson Valley region.

A grievance has been filed against the New York State Department of Labor, the Department of Health, the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, and other state agencies for allegedly failing to pay its workers overtime for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grievance filed by Wayne Spence, who is the president of the Public Employees Federation, states that the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Unit (PS&T) was not fairly compensated for their COVID-related overtime assignments that were mandated by the state.

The Working Families Party has faced its share of political challenges in New York, the least of which is securing its ballot status for the future.

But the progressive ballot line also feels like it has the wind at its back again amid a series of high-profile and lesser-watched races on primary day this week.

New York is offering assistance to states that have high coronavirus infection rates as the state faces a reversal of where it was at in March and April, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday.

The state's overall infection rate over a seven-day average is the lowest in the country, Cuomo said. More than 60,000 tests conducted in the last 24 hours found an infection rate of 1.3 percent, Cuomo said.

A package of police reforms meant to boost law enforcement transparency and ban the use of chokeholds was approved Thursday evening by the House of Representatives.

The measures were approved roughly a month after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a police officer who kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.

New York will continue to allow customers to place to-go drink orders as restaurants and bars continue to struggle in the pandemic-induced economic recession.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration had previously waived the regulation barring to-go drink orders as restaurants across the state shuttered in March, but were able to remain open for take out orders. The move had been applauded by restaurants amid a darkening financial picture for them for much of the year.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that people traveling from states with high COVID-19 infection rates will be subject to a 14-day quarantine when they enter New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Right now, this only includes people coming from nine states, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Florida, and Utah.

The delayed opening for YMCA locations across New York hasn't just meant people can't enjoy the gym, but continued financial uncertainty for the facilities and their staff.

New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have announced a Tri-State 14-day quarantine for people coming into those states from states with a high coronavirus infection rate.

The move comes after those states saw an early surge in coronavirus infections which has subsequently subsided. But in the south and west, the virus is quickly gaining momentum.

Republican Rob Astorino formally launched his long-in-the-works campaign for the state Senate this week as he seeks a comeback to elected office.

Astorino, the 2014 GOP nominee for governor and the former Westchester County executive, is challenging Democrat Peter Harckham for a suburban Hudson Valley Senate district.

New York counties are recieving $323 million in Medicaid funding as part of coronavirus relief money from the federal government, the state Department of Health on Thursday announced.

The money is part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and is being disbursed to counties whose governments have been financially hard hit by the virus and have spent heavily to respond the crisis.

Coronavirus-related hospitalizations have fallen below 1,000 patients for the first time since March, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said in an interview with CNN.

Total hospitalizations in New York now stand at 996 people due to the virus as the infection rate over the last week has remained at around 1 percent of the tens of thousands of daily tests conducted.

In Erie County, 40 percent of its 2018 revenues came from the sales tax. Onondaga County's sales tax share was nearly 43 percent. And Broome County's sales tax accounted for more than a quarter of the cash it took in that year.

The coronavirus pandemic has created a significant budget problem for county and local governments that rely on sales taxes as a source of revenue as commerce drew to a standstill in mid-March and the economy is slowly reopening over the last several weeks in New York, a report released this week by Moody's found.

Uncertainty is still swirling over who is to blame for the more than 6,200 coronavirus related deaths in nursing homes in New York.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has many answers to this, pointing to CDC guidance from the White House, the vulnerability of nursing home patients, and he has even blamed nursing home staff for bringing the virus in.

Longtime activist Howie Hawkins is no stranger to running for elective office. This decade alone, he's run for governor of New York three times, Syracuse mayor, city auditor and common councilor. In the decade before that, he's run for the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

This year, he's running for the presidency as the Green Party's nominee. He's going national in a year in which voters are being presented with two stark choices by the mainstream parties, with millions of those voters having already made up their minds.

Five upstate regions will enter the fourth phase of the reopening by the end of the week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced on Wednesday.

Central New York, the Finger Lakes, the Mohawk Valley, the North Country, and the Southern Tier are "on track" for the fourth stage.

The money isn't being cut, it's just being withheld.

When that money is officially cut, however, remains to be seen.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that people traveling from states with high COVID-19 infection rates will be subject to a 14 day quarantine if they are entering New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.

These are people traveling from states where the infection rate is 10 percent of the population.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Wednesday morning released updated guidance for businesses that will be allowed to operate in the fourth reopening phase.

The guidance confirms that gyms, movie theaters and malls will not immediately be part of the fourth phase.

Two Republican allies of President Donald Trump running in House races appeared likely to win their races on Tuesday, underscoring how the president remains popular with his GOP base in upstate New York.

Chris Jacobs, a state senator, declared victory late Tuesday in his special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Chris Collins in western New York.

New York is withhold millions of dollars in local government aid as the state government awaits federal pandemic relief, a move that is complicating budget making for cities across the state.

The numbers are massive: $20 million for Buffalo, $17 million for Rochester, more than a $11 million for Syracuse. The New York Conference of Mayors first highlighted the withheld aid, calling it "disturbing news."

Although Governor Andrew Cuomo repeatedly laid out a strict four-phase reopening process, complete with 7 metrics each region had to meet, it seems there is an unofficial next phase after all.

Regional Control Boards, in charge of monitoring the rate of infection and conducting testing in their areas, were informed on Tuesday that malls, gym, movie theaters and outdoor theme parks were not cleared to reopen at the start of Phase 4.

There was not much drama in New York’s presidential primary this year since Joe Biden already locked up the Democratic nomination on Super Tuesday, but he still looked poised to walk away the winner — just by how much remained unanswered Tuesday evening.

As of 11 p.m., Biden amassed 66 percent of the vote total from early voting and day-of ballots. The thousands of absentee ballots sent out to New York voters have yet to be counted.

New Yorkers stayed home as a deadly pandemic swept through the state. They marched and protested against systemic racism when a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd last month.

And now, they're voting.

More than 1.7 million New Yorkers requested an absentee ballot for this year’s primary, according to the State Board of Elections.

Now compare this to the 2016 presidential primary? Only a little over 150,000 requested absentee ballots for that primary. This high number of course is to be expected with coronavirus concerns and the rule changes surrounding absentee voting. But some people, like Kellie Killup, still have not received their ballots. So what are their options?

NY-22: Claudia Tenney vs. George Phillips

Let’s start in the Mohawk Valley where former Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney wants a rematch with sitting Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi. First, Tenney has to get past Broome County Legislator George Phillips.

COVID-positive staff unknowingly spread the coronavirus at nursing homes in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a TV interview on Tuesday as he continues to face scrutiny for the state's handling of the virus in long term care facilities and nursing homes.

The virus has led to more than 6,000 confirmed or presumed deaths in nursing homes in New York. Republicans in Congress as well as Democrats at the state level are considering investigations and hearings on the issue.

The union that represents public college and university faculty in New York are calling for widespread testing of campus staff and students before the fall semester begins.

New York's coronavirus infection rate stood at 1 percent out of 48,709 tests performed over the last 24 hours, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Tuesday announced.

Twenty-seven people have died due to the virus, Cuomo said, an increase from 10 people the previous day.

You’ve heard the songs on the radio and the choreographed dances have flooded your social media. But now some New York officials are concerned with the burgeoning social media app's origins in China.

State Senator Chris Jacobs introduced legislation that would ban people from downloading or using TikTok on state issued devices.

New Yorkers are heading to the voting booths today to cast ballots in primary races from state Assembly to the presidency and decide a special election in Western New York that President Donald Trump has taken special interest in.

Unless they were one of the more than 1 million people who requested absentee ballots. Or voted early.

In a typical primary season, college campuses are packed with groups handing out pamphlets on candidates and voting information.

Now with the primary moved to summer and college campuses mostly deserted, the way these groups are now working to reach young voters has changed.

The coronavirus pandemic has postponed graduations, canceled concerts and upended the sports world. But democracy, hopefully, is the one thing the virus can't beat.

New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday in the midst of a pandemic that so far has killed more than 24,000 residents in this state. New cases of the virus have, for now, leveled off in the state to less than 1 percent of those tested as it spikes elsewhere in the country.

The daily death toll from the coronavirus pandemic fell to 10 people in the last 24 hours as the Mid-Hudson Region will enter the third phase of the reopening on Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Monday said.

Long Island is set to enter phase 3.

A list of $7.35 billion worth of infrastructure projects from county governments was sent to President Donald Trump and top lawmakers in Congress in an effort to boost the economy through an inverstment in improvement efforts in New York.

The projects and letter were compiled by the New York State Association of Counties, which listed proposals in 40 different counties around the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is speaking with his counterparts in New Jersey and Connecticut about people traveling from states with coronavirus cases that are increasing out of concern the virus could once again spike in the northeast, he told CNN in an interview on Monday.

Cuomo has not ruled out a potential quarantine for people traveling into New York from states like Florida and Texas as the infection rates there continue to increase. In New York, testing has shown an infection rate daily of less than 1 percent over the last several days.

A package of safety bills proposed after the 2018 limousine crash in Schoharie have made their way to the floor of the House of Representatives, Reps. Paul Tonko and Antonio Delgado on Monday said.

The primary race for Albany County District Attorney has emerged as a battle to watch on Tuesday – and not only if you live in Albany County.

The incumbent, David Soares, was elected in 2004 as a reform candidate who called for dismantling the Rockefeller Drug Laws. But over his tenure, Soares has become unapologetic in his criticism of both bail and discovery reform – issues that have seen renewed interest in the wake of mass demonstrations against police brutality in communities of color sparked by the murder of George Floyd.