The fire started in a train car at the 110th Street and Central Park station in Manhattan.
Densely packed New York City is the city hardest hit by COVID-19 in the United States.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the CDC, said the number of cases in New York City are already beginning to increase and this is a warning for other places in the country.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway criticizes New York City mayor Bill de Blasio for his allegedly failed handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
New York State continues to be the epicenter of the raging COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and is reeling from its impact.
One statistic from New York City is that about half of the people who have tested positive are less than 45 years old but very few are dying from it. That seems to mirror the statistics from Wuhan in China.
Cops and Park Department workers failed to stop pick-up games despite “repeated attempts.”
As of March 24, a total number of 39 coronavirus positive cases have been confirmed amongst homeless New Yorkers.
Jerome Adams pointed to an apparent lack of seriousness shown by many people across the U.S. and warns it could lead to outbreaks in other cities that resembles New York City.
The Chief Executive also said in Sunday's press conference that they will review the case files of some 200 more people who are deemed “vulnerable to COVID-19” and see if they are eligible to be set free.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio seems at wit's end trying to control a raging COVID-19 outbreak that saw the number of cases skyrocket from 62 on March 12 to 3,615 seven days later.
In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo shot down the idea of a statewide place in shelter-in-place order.
They are urging the city to release inmates who are over 50 years old and have “low-risk for re-offending.”
Hugh Jackman decided to temporarily close his café in New York City due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Jesse Watters had previously said that no one should be afraid of coronavirus.
26-year-old Kaylene Rodriguez and 25-year-old Ryan Padin were taken into custody for killing Matthew Jones on January 19.
Fears over the worsening coronavirus epidemic have badly damaged New York’s Chinese-owned business sector
The 29-year-old woman got into an argument with her boyfriend on Sunday around midnight, during which, she jumped onto the hood of his car. The man then reportedly speeded off in a drunken state.
The New Dorp High School and The Hungerford School will be temporarily closed after it confirmed that one of their students had contacted the virus.
The NYPD has been at the brunt of lawsuits for violating prisoners' rights, in this case, the woman's rights by handcuffing them during labor.
A student enrolled at John Jay College of Criminal Justice tested positive for the virus.
The current coronavirus problem has affected Apple in such a way that it is now running short of new iPhones for sale in retail stores in certain parts of the U.S., particularly New York City, a report says.