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When the coronavirus struck the five boroughs, Mark and Heriberto, adults who struggle with intellectual and developmental disabilities, had no idea what to do. Mark, 59, and Heriberto, 50, live independently in supportive housing and did not understand why so many people were dying when they watched TV. Their limitations left them grappling with social...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doling out $10.25 billion to states and cities to ramp up coronavirus contact tracing efforts — with New York City getting $851.3 million, the largest piece of the pie. The latest batch of funds comes as states move to reopen — even as the pandemic continues to...

On second thought, it may have been a bad idea to post those surfing selfies. A Bronx man on vacation in Hawaii was arrested by agents with the  state attorney general’s office  Friday morning — and charged with violating the state’s strict rules that tourists observe a 14-day quarantine after arriving. The givaway? Officials say...

Central New York, the Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, North Country and the Southern Tier all started their reopening Friday after meeting the state’s seven COVID-related benchmarks.

A video shows chalk-white human "parking spot" circles arranged in rows of fours along the river-facing grass.

City parents are warring over representation in the high stakes debate over screened school admissions. One faction argues that the Department of Education has given a partisan advocacy group a pivotal role — a claim the agency denies. The DOE tapped the Education Council Consortium — whose co-chairs oppose screened schools — to conduct a...

"The feeling is we must act now. This is a public health emergency," a high-placed Council source said.

More than 1.9 million New York residents have filed for unemployment insurance claims,  according to sobering new data posted by the state Labor Department. New York City accounts for nearly half the total — with 930,000 jobless residents filing claims from mid-March through May 7. Those staggering numbers translate to 21 percent of the state...

The number of New York City cops who are calling in sick dropped Friday to pre-pandemic levels. On Friday, 1,157 uniformed members of the NYPD called out sick. That’s about 3.2% of the department’s workforce — a new low comparable to levels before the coronavirus began ravaging the Big Apple. Police, like other civil servants,...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he’ll “pull the brakes” on beaches slated to reopen Memorial Day weekend — if coronavirus cases begin to spike again.