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On March 16, the New York City Department of Education shut down schools and the country’s largest school system moved to remote learning to alleviate the spread of the coronavirus. The process has been anything but smooth. In April, data showed almost a quarter of high schoolers weren’t logging in. And parents say their kids’...

An MTA bus careened onto the sidewalk in Brooklyn Tuesday evening, injuring four people, cops said. The driver lost control of the vehicle during a “medical episode” at around 6:20 p.m. near the intersection of Brownsville’s East New York and Ralph avenues, cops said. The B12 bus went flying over the sidewalk — hitting a...

Religious gatherings of up to 10 people can resume across New York State starting Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced — though participants must maintain social-distancing and wear masks to ward off the coronavirus. “When people are so anxious and so confused, I think those religious ceremonies can be very comforting,” particularly during the time...

Caruso-Cabrera accused AOC of staying in her “luxury” D.C. apartment complex with a “Whole Foods in the lobby” during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic that ravaged constituents in her Bronx-Queens district while Congress was out of session.

All that’s missing are the bell hops! A luxury hotel in the Hamptons is renting the entire place to one lucky person for the summer for $1 million during the coronavirus crisis — complete with a chef and housekeeping staff for an extra $100,000, according to a report. Hedges Inn, a historic bed and breakfast...

The number of transit workers killed by the coronavirus stands at 123, the agency revealed Wednesday. “We will never forget the dedication, service and sacrifice of these brave men and women,” MTA Chairman Pat Foye said after a moment of silence at the agency’s virtual board meeting. Foye said 8,700 agency employees missed work because...

The NYPD broke up a gathering of about 100 people at a Brooklyn synagogue Wednesday morning while responding to a 311 complaint, police and the mayor’s office said. The officers responded to a call shortly before 8 a.m. at the Congregation Yetev Lev Satmar Ohel Feiga on South 8th Street near Bedford Avenue and found...

New lawsuits and divorces can be filed electronically in New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and other county Supreme courts beginning on Monday — after weeks of pause for coronavirus closures, officials announced. Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks said beginning on Memorial Day, “e-filing through the [New York State Courts Electronic Filing] system —...

A Connecticut state trooper was taken off the road after a video emerged of him unleashing an expletive-laden rant on a driver — telling the motorist “don’t ever f–k with me again.” The state police commander, Col. Stavros Mellekas, said the trooper was moved to paid administrative duty, with no contact with the public, pending...

A “tidal wave” of buyers are fleeing the coronavirus-ravaged concrete jungle for Connecticut, creating an unexpected uptick in the real estate market, according to a new report. Real estate agents told the Stamford Advocate that their well-to-do New York City clients have been snapping up single-family homes in areas like Westport, Greenwich, Litchfield County and...