Bill de Blasio says that while the city had planned to allow indoor service soon, the rising number of coronavirus cases throughout the United States led it to take caution.
Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. Now, New York City will officially observe Juneteenth as an official city and school holiday starting next year.
The call to end the curfew comes a day earlier than previously planned. De Blasio noted that most protesters had been peaceful, and admitted that the NYPD had sometimes overstepped its duty.
"Before the coronavirus, we thought somewhere around a million people were food insecure and needed food," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Now, 1 in 4 New Yorkers may be going hungry.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said officials began seizing 46 ice cream trucks in a crackdown on owners who allegedly skirted 22,495 summonses and evaded nearly $4.5 million in traffic violation fees.
"We cannot allow this dangerous disease to make a comeback here in New York City. We have to stop it now," Mayor Bill de Blasio said, announcing an order that calls for mandatory vaccinations.
The new shelter in Blissville, Queens, will be one of 90 that Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to open in New York over the next year in an effort to reform the city's homeless shelter system.
Now, Mayor Bill de Blasio can move forward with a 10-year plan to close the jail complex and create a borough-based prison system. State officials may seek to close it sooner.
The fire broke out in a five-story apartment building near the Bronx Zoo. The boy's mother left her door open when fleeing the blaze — likely helping it to spread, New York officials say.
