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Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted the recent surge in gun violence in New York City and the state as an ‘urgent crisis’ that he blamed squarely on police departments because they have done ‘very little’ to come up with reform plans. He also threatened to pull funding from up to 500 departments across the state if they do … Read more
New York Gov. Cuomo signs major police reform bills that make disciplinary records public as Rev. Al Sharpton praises him for ‘standing with us when no-one else will’ Gov. Cuomo signed the new bill in a press conference Friday The bill will require local governments to develop and adopt plans to revamp police departments to … Read more
The Governor of Minnesota has activated the National Guard in Minneapolis and St. Paul in response to protests and looting over the police custody death of George Floyd. Floyd died while in custody of the Minneapolis Police Department on Monday and in the days following rallies took place in the city as well as Los Angeles. But … Read more
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix has called on New York State to release some of its prisoners because of coronavirus. In a video shared on Twitter by the ‘Release Aging People in Prison Campaign’, the ‘Joker’ star, 45, speaks to camera about why he feels it is important to release prisoners. In the video, he says … Read more
Hope for New York as Gov Cuomo says the number of hospitalizations is down – but 758 more people die in a day after state’s worst week in pandemic deaths At the end of the day Saturday, there were 18,707 people hospitalized with the virus in the state; that was up only 73 since the … Read more
New laboratory is opened up at Cambridge University to help Government reach its 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target Laboratory is ‘joint collaboration’ with giants AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline The Government has promised to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April The tests had formed part of Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s ‘five pillar’ plan By … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered all non-essential workers to stay home now in the most drastic step he has taken in the battle against coronavirus, telling New Yorkers: ‘We are all in quarantine now.’ In an announcement on Friday, he increased the previous rule that 75 percent of the state’s workforce had to … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo urges Trump to shut down bars and restaurants around the country because ‘patchwork quilt’ coronavirus plan ‘is not working’ – as he warns hospital system may buckle tomorrow Governor Cuomo has urged the government to mobilize the army corp of engineers to build temporary hospitals in New York He wants … Read more
Schools, houses of worship and large gathering places in the New York suburb that has the ‘largest cluster’ of coronavirus cases in the country will be shut down as the National Guard is being brought in to help stop the spread of the disease. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that a one-mile … Read more