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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that the state will require COVID-19 vaccines or negative COVID-19 tests for state workers, making New York the second U.S. state to do so after California.
2021-07-28

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in response to politicians' criticism that proposed changes to U.S. mail services could slow the handling of mail-in ballots, suspends all mail service changes until after the November election. He also said there will be no changes to retail hours at post offices, mail collection boxes will remain where they are, and no mail processing facilities will be closed. A number of states, including Washington and New York, said they are planning legal moves to block the Postal Service changes.
2020-08-18

New York state investigators subpoena Michael Cohen as part of their investigation into the Trump Foundation.
2018-08-22

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sends cease and desist letters to DraftKings and FanDuel ordering them to stop operating in the state because they violate New York laws against illegal gambling.
2015-11-10

A winter storm hits the Northeastern United States, resulting in at least two deaths and thousands of flights being disrupted. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York are amongst the worst affected.
2014-02-3

Three members of the Iranian rock band The Yellow Dogs are shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York by a member of a different band. The shooter then commits suicide.
2013-11-11

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is detained by the United States for 90 minutes at a New York airport; the detention draws ire from India's External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna.
2012-04-13

The New York Court of Appeals rules that insurance policyholders opposed to a restructuring plan undertaken by MBIA in 2009 with the approval of its primary regulator, New York's insurance authorities, may sue for fraudulent conveyance in a trial court in that state.
2011-06-28

4 people are fatally shot outside a Buffalo restaurant in the U.S. state of New York, with 3 others sustaining injuries.
2010-08-14

New York politician Eric Massa resigns after admitting to sexual harassment.
2010-03-8