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Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejects an order to block the vaccine mandate for New York City schoolteachers and employees.
2021-10-1

Schools in New York City reopen for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
2021-09-13

New York City begins to implement mandatory proof of vaccination of at least one dose for people who want to dine in at restaurants or bars, watch public performances, or visit a museum or other cultural venue. However, the enforcement of these rules will not begin until September 13.
2021-08-17

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that bars and restaurants in New York City and the state will be allowed to close at midnight beginning on April 19.
2021-04-14

Andrew Yang, a candidate for Mayor of New York City in the upcoming mayoral election, will quarantine after one of his staffers tested positive for COVID-19.
2021-01-19

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will close an additional 61 schools to combat COVID-19 hotspots.
2020-10-8

New York City reports its first day without COVID-19 deaths since March 11.
2020-06-5

New York City goes 58 consecutive days without a fatal pedestrian traffic collision, the most since tracking began in 1983.
2020-05-13

New York City records 81 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the city's death toll to 280. Mayor Bill de Blasio has warned that more than half of all New Yorkers could become infected.
2020-03-25

The U.S. Navy will deploy a hospital ship to New York City to aid in the response to COVID-19.
2020-03-18