Essay: New York defines illegal firearms use as a “public nuisance” in bid to pierce gun industry’s powerful liability shield
Law professor TIMOTHY D LYTTON, in an article first published on The Conversation, writes about why he thinks New York state’s decision to declare the use of illegal firearms a “public nuisance” is a “shot in the dark”…
In New York City, Mother Cabrini statue to be unveiled on Columbus Day
New York City, USAP New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The unveiling of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was […]
Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11
New York City, USAP After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on 11th September, 2001. Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of the Greek Orthodox church in America, stood on a balcony on […]
US passes a million coronavirus cases while states roll back restrictions
Washington DC/New York City, USReuters The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases topped one million on Tuesday – representing a third of the global total – even as some states eased restrictions in the face of an economy battered by the pandemic. With President Donald Trump’s economic adviser forecasting an unemployment rate of more than […]
“Worst is over”, New York’s Cuomo says as US grapples with reopening
New York City, USReuters The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top US health official said on Monday as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared “the worst is over” for his state, the US epicenter of the virus. Even as signs emerged of stabilisation, political leaders said a […]
In grim milestone, United States logs world’s highest coronavirus death toll
New York City, USReuters The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally. The grim milestone was reached as President Donald Trump mulled over when the country, which has registered more than half […]
Speed of coronavirus deaths shock doctors as New York toll hits new high
New York City, USReuters New York state, epicenter of America’s coronavirus crisis, set another single-day record of COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, as veteran doctors and nurses voiced astonishment at the speed with which patients were deteriorating and dying. The number of known coronavirus infections in New York state alone approached 150,000 on Wednesday, even as […]
New York law aims to protect trafficking survivors by making addresses private
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation New York became the latest US state on Thursday to allow survivors of human trafficking to hide their addresses, part of an effort to protect them from fear of renewed violence, the governor said. Under the new law, victims of sexual offenses, stalking and human trafficking can participate in […]