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An 84-year-old ex-doctor who was appealing his conviction for the overdose death of a patient has died of coronavirus. Martin Tesher, known as the Upper East Side “Oxy Doc,” had been free on bail pending his appeal of a 20-year sentence for prescribing millions of powerful opioid pills to patients, including 26-year-old Nicolas Benedetto, who...

Less than half of Brooklynites are wearing masks to help fight the coronavirus, Chris Rock estimated Thursday at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press briefing.

Similar action has already been taken in Cincinnati and Chicago, where officials have released a 13-page list of guidelines for how restaurants can safely implement outdoor dining. I

President Trump on Thursday called it “ridiculous” of Twitter to add fact check labels to his tweets claiming that mail-in ballots would lead to voter fraud — and specifically singled out one of the members of the social media giant’s policing team who once called the president a “racist tangerine.” “So ridiculous to see Twitter...

“Tan” you believe it? The owner of a Staten Island tanning salon fed up with New York’s coronavirus shutdown plans to defy the rules and open up shop on Thursday morning. Bobby Catone, who runs three Sunbelievable salons in the forgotten borough, said he believes he can safely reopen with precautions, despite the statewide stay-at-home...

A man and three women were hospitalized Wednesday after a tree fell on them in Riverside Park, police said. The group of local residents, between the ages 48 and 55, was lounging on the grass of the Upper West Side park near West 91st Street around 6:10 p.m. when they were struck by the falling...

Peter Manfredonia, the University of Connecticut senior suspected of two murders, was captured by police in Maryland Wednesday night after five days on the lam, authorities said. Manfredonia, 23, was picked up in Hagerstown, where authorities had previously said he was believed to be heading to in an Uber from Pennsylvania, Connecticut state police announced on...

The Long Island mom who gave birth while in a coronavirus-induced coma finally got to take her baby home Wednesday. Mom Adriana Torres left NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola clutching 7-week-old Leah Robledo Torres, who weighed in at just 5 pounds. “The truth is I feel very happy and very fortunate for the great work...

First he blamed nursing homes, then he blamed President Trump — and now Gov. Andrew Cuomo is attacking The Post for shining light on his widely panned state policy barring nursing homes from turning away coronavirus-positive patients, which may have fueled more than 5,000 deaths in the facilities. “There are columnists who made this point...

The city Department of Education doesn’t know how many of its students are actually being live taught at home during the coronavirus lockdown, officials conceded Wednesday. Asked if they were keeping track of live lesson provision in the wake of the closure of schools in March, a top DOE official had no answers at a...