February 5, 2021 NY climbs up list of states with highest COVID-19 nursing home mortality rate after true numbers revealed New York rapidly climbed among the states with the highest number of coronavirus-related nursing home fatalities after officials recently revealed thousands of additional deaths.
February 5, 2021 Meet Bobby Ford: Long Island chef by day, police officer by night After nearly a decade patrolling all five boroughs as a New York Police Department officer, Ford joined the Freeport Police Department in Long Island in 2005. A little over 10 years later, he was finally ready to check another passion off his bucket list. He opened Bobby Q's, a soul food and southern barbecue joint.
February 5, 2021 NYC restaurants ask Gov. Cuomo for late curfew on Super Bowl Sunday The Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association, a group that represents New York's restaurants and bars, is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to lift the 10 p.m. dining curfew on Super Bowl Sunday.
February 5, 2021 Jeffrey Epstein fund abruptly halts payouts to victims A fund set up to provide money to scores of women who say they were abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein when they were as young as 14 has abruptly suspended payouts over uncertain funding, an action the Virgin Islands attorney general blamed Thursday on Epstein’s estate as she moved to freeze its assets.
February 4, 2021 Ocasio-Cortez campaign urges supporters to report critics to Twitter and Facebook New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign is urging her supporters to report critics on social media who share “misleading information” critical of the “Squad”-leading congresswoman.
February 4, 2021 Pizza critics slam Connecticut for trying to become the pie state: 'New York is the pizza capital' Critics respond to new bill proposing pizza as Connecticut's official state food.
February 4, 2021 Neighbors rally behind grieving woman harassed for having Christmas lights up Be careful who you bah-humbug. A Long Island woman who received an anonymous note bashing her for failing to take down her Christmas lights revealed the tear-jerking reason why she left them up — prompting a flood of support from neighbors, nearby residents said.
February 3, 2021 Academy silent on Cuomo Emmy after nursing home bombshell The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has not commented publicly on whether it will take back an award from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after his administration confirmed last week that thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than the state’s official tallies had previously acknowledged.
February 3, 2021 Cuomo's COVID-19 'mountain': Price tag revealed Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one for visual learning, and he spared little expense for one such giant prop to help New Yorkers understand the coronavirus curve.
February 3, 2021 Cuomo’s health commissioner branded a ‘liar’ over NY’s COVID nursing home controversy: Report New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has reportedly incurred the ire of Democrats after it was revealed that the state had underreported coronavirus-related deaths at senior living facilities.
