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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking a hit over his administration’s handling of nursing homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The number of New Yorkers who approve of Cuomo’s job performance sunk from a record 71 percent last month to just 63 percent — with the majority disapproving of how...

The New York City Commission on Human Rights has announced that it is launching an investigation into the case of the white dog-walker who called the cops on a black man in Central Park. “At a time when the devastating impacts of racism in Black communities have been made so painfully clear—from racial disparities in...

Catholic churches in Brooklyn and Queens shuttered for months due to the coronavirus outbreak reopened on Tuesday with some changes — including social-distancing signage and mandatory masks. Worshipers in protective face coverings flocked to pews, at a maximum of 10 at a time, and some were even spotted donning plastic gloves as they prayed. Diocese...

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several bills on Tuesday that could temporarily eat into the profits of food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub and UberEats.

The father of the University of Connecticut student wanted in two murders was arrested last month for allegedly groping an underage teen girl he supplied booze to, a report said. The alleged incident involving Robert Manfredonia, whose son Peter Manfredonia is still at large, occurred on April 10, the Connecticut Post reported, citing police. The...

A 4-year-old girl was struck and killed by an intoxicated driver outside of her Long Island home on Tuesday night, authorities said. Roussy Cabrera Fuentes was mowed down on Fulton Street in Brentwood by the 19-year-old driver of a Honda Civic, Christian Yanes, police said. The young victim was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay...

A New Jersey used car salesman and an allegedly corrupt New York City pharmacist dubbed “the Mask Man” were arrested in separate coronavirus price-gouging and fraud schemes, federal authorities said Tuesday. In the first bust, car salesman Ronald Romano attempted to sell New York City about $45 million worth of personal protective equipment for front-line...

The black man accosted by a white dog-walker in Central Park has posted an online rundown of what happened right before videotaping the now-infamous confrontation. Christian Cooper — a Harvard University grad, former Marvel Comics editor and a current member of the board directors for the New York City chapter of the Audubon Society, according...

A California attorney and an Arizona businessman tried to broker the sale of millions of masks at a massive mark-up to exploit the shortage of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, Brooklyn prosecutors alleged Tuesday. What’s more, their supposed supplier then tried to pass off empty packages as boxes of PPE for sale, the...

The New York City Department of Education wants groups opposed to competitive school admissions to drown out their rivals, according to emails from a parent advocate. The DOE has stated that it has no predetermined stance on academically screened schools and is impartially gathering opinion in good faith. But in an email to parent groups...