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But both beaches -- and others in the city -- will be missing some of their charm this weekend as beach bums won’t be allowed in the water.

"Another $298M heading to @MTA, adding up to over $2B in federal funding from @USDOT so far, part of the $3.9B total from the CARES Act," Trump tweeted Thursday evening.

The coronavirus struck Joseph Api and his two parents, but only the 20-year-old college student and his mom survived. And even though Api was still grieving the loss of his beloved father, he went back to work at his job as a grocer three weeks later — so he could honor his dad’s commitment to...

Mayor Bill de Blasio insists city businesses forced to close because of the coronavirus outbreak are doing just fine and will be able to stay shuttered for months to come — despite a new report that found the Big Apple’s private sector has shed one in four jobs. “I’ve talked to lots and lots of...

While millions are out of work in New York, the Cuomo administration is paying people from out-of-state low wages to process their unemployment claims, the Post has learned. One of the firms doing the work for the state Labor Department, Provalus, has offices in Jasper, Texas; Manning, South Carolina; and Brewton, Alabama — and it pays...

Some 66 million tourists typically visit the Big Apple each year. So when will New York City's attractions and stores reopen to visitors once again – and when will the crowds be willing to brave them? Here’s what the experts say.

A former White House butler who served 11 presidents has died after being infected with the coronavirus, his family said. Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, died last weekend of COVID-19, his eldest granddaughter confirmed to FOX 5 DC. He was 91. Jerman began working for the White House as a cleaner in 1957 during the Eisenhower administration,...

The state’s highest court knocked three-term Upper East Side Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright off the Democratic and Working Families ballot lines amid the coronavirus pandemic for failing to file cover sheets with her paperwork – opening the door for Republican candidate and residential doorman Louis Puliafito to secure the seat. The Court of Appeals, in a...

Long Island first responders saved two trapped horses in Smithtown Thursday morning. The two steeds fell into a ditch in a wooded area of a farm on Landing Meadow Road just after 11 a.m., according to Suffolk County police. The horses, a male named Tivo and a female, Paisley, lived on the farm and became...

The NYPD rookie accused of gunning down his “best friend” with his department-issued firearm on Long Island confessed that he was the trigger man,  according to court documents and authorities. Off-duty Errick Allen, 27, was held without bail Thursday after being charged hours earlier with second-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Chris Curro just...