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New York City could start reopening from its coronavirus-induced shutdown as early as June 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.

A Queens doctor was busted for writing oxycodone scrips in the names of federal and state inmates he had never treated to obtain pills that could be sold on the black market, authorities alleged Thursday. Dr. Dalmacio Francisco, 75, of Jamaica, allegedly wrote scrips for the highly addictive opioid in the name of co-conspirator Michael...

Muge Ma, 36, who goes by the name Hummer Mars, was arrested Thursday and hit with one count of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of making false statements to a bank for the scheme, Geoffrey Berman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday urged Big Apple residents to “keep it local” and not venture out to Long Island beaches for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend as city beaches remain closed. “My advice to people is keep it simple. Keep it local. Less is more,” de Blasio said during his daily coronavirus press...

City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to allow mom-and-pop shops that haven't received government loans to reopen.

The New Jersey gym that’s waged war with Gov. Phil Murphy over his lockdown order plans to reopen again Friday — after getting shut down by the state health department. “We’re planning a big reopening again tomorrow,” said Jim Mermigis, the lawyer representing Atilis Gym, which was shuttered by the state Thursday morning. The owners...

"Is it true that this was the swab that the nurse was actually using on you, and at first it disappeared?" Chris taunted Wednesday night, holding up a giant swab.

Over 150 possible cases of the Kawasaki disease-like ailment affecting kids exposed to coronavirus are now being probed in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday, a growing concern as the state mulls the fate of schools for the fall semester. “It’s something we’re very concerned about,” Cuomo told reporters in his Midtown Manhattan office...

City Comptroller Scott Stringer warned Thursday the Big Apple’s budget crunch will get worse as state officials slash spending amid the coronavirus pandemic, likely costing City Hall another $3 billion in expected funding — and pushing the deficit to at least $11 billion. “If the situation wasn’t troubling enough, the state budget update has made...

Principal Justine Lucas happens to oversee one of the Big Apple’s largest public schools but PS143Q is also at the epicenter of New York’s coronavirus outbreak in Corona, Queens — making an already tough job that much more challenging. “A lot of our students have very, very sick families and some of our students’ families...