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New York City formally ends its mask mandate for its school district as well as its indoor vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars and theaters.
2022-03-7

Minnesota reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who traveled from New York City.
2021-12-2

Papua New Guinea announces a four-week lockdown in parts of the country including Eastern Highlands as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, primarily due to the Delta variant. Prime Minister James Marape had anticipated the move before leaving the country to attend the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City. The country also struggles with its vaccination campaign, as only 2% of the population has been vaccinated.
2021-09-23

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announces the city government's intent to lift all pandemic-related restrictions and "fully reopen" by July 1.
2021-04-29

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city's COVID-19 death toll stands at 22, with 3,615 cases.
2020-03-19

Four men are arrested after BASE jumping from the top of the World Trade Center in New York City.
2014-03-25

Eight people are injured (three seriously) in Lower Manhattan as a result of an explosion and partial collapse, of as-yet unknown cause, in a five-storey building, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, on Pike Street, near Henry Street.
2013-07-11

In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from New York to other major cities.
2011-10-7

Former head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn gives his first television interview on the French television network TF1 since rape charges against him were dropped in New York City.
2011-09-18

Christopher Coke, sent to United States territory by Jamaica, pleads not guilty to United States charges of drug smuggling at a federal court in New York and, in his first public comments since August, says he took the decision to be extradited "in the best interest of my family, the community of western Kingston and in particular the people of Tivoli Gardens and above all Jamaica".
2010-06-25