Coronavirus aid to cities that have designated themselves sanctuary communities for undocumented immigrants might be blocked, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said.

Local and state governments continue to struggle with the economic shock created by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered many businesses deemed non-essential and thrown millions of people out of work.

The decision on Monday by the New York State Board of Elections to cancel New York’s Democratic presidential primary was unprecedented, but one Democratic State Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs said was necessary.

NEW: New York cancelled its 2020 Presidential Primary. Democratic Board of Elections voted to cancel the primary with Senator Bernie Sanders out.

New Yorkers were losing jobs and feeling more pessimistic than they did last month. At the same time, a majority of independent voters, as well as voters in both major political parties, viewed Governor Andrew Cuomo positively, according to the latest poll released Monday by the Siena Research Institute.

Cuomo’s job performance rating was 8 points higher than it was in March, reaching a record for the Democrat of 71 percent.

President Donald Trump’s order to temporarily reduce immigration to the United States drew protests from advocates in New York and state Attorney General Letitia James.

Trump’s order, altered from when he first proposed it, would halt the issuance of green cards for 60 days.

New York Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy is realistic about President Donald Trump's shot at winning the state.

But he expects Trump to help down-ballot candidates this fall in key congressional and legislative races in the pockets of upstate New York and the suburbs where the president has supporters.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders draws 25 percent of support among Democratic voters in New York, a Siena College poll released Monday found.

The poll showed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg reaching 21 percent of Democratic voters, within the poll's 4.5 percentage point margin of error.

During President Obama's administration, red states sought to challenge his agenda.

Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits. GOP governors and state legislatures approved resolutions and laws meant to prevent what they saw as federal overreach.

For more than an hour, President Donald Trump on Thursday unloaded on his critics, Democrats, Mitt Romney and others a day after he was acquitted of impeachment charges.

But Trump also singled out individual members of Congress who had publicly supported him during the process -- including New York Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is out with her endorsement in this year's race for the White House.

She's backing fellow Democrat and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his late-starting bid.

A change in the law is needed to combat the increase in hate crimes in New York, state Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday at a forum on white nationalism and domestic terrorism.

“Given the rise in hate crimes, to sit idly by and do absolutely nothing to me is not the answer," James said at the forum, hosted by the New York State Bar Association.

New York House Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, as well as Rep. Lee Zeldin, of Long Island, were named Monday to the White House's impeachment defense team.

Both Stefanik, a North Country lawmaker, and Zeldin have been staunch supporters of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Anthony Brindisi’s office on Wednesday evening, shortly after President Donald Trump became the third president in American history to be impeached, released a statement that sought to focus more on issues than the politics of removal.

“President Trump is my President too,” Brindisi said I’ve always said I would work with him to get things done for American families.”

Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi this week said it was fair to say he agonized over the decision to impeach President Donald Trump.

The former state lawmaker called it the toughest vote he’s ever taken in office.