De Blasio says NYC schools 'can and should' be kept open amid low coronavirus positivity rate

Former 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang on Thursday will launch his New York City mayoral campaign -- hoping to replace outgoing Bill de Blasio with an audacious pitch for a universal basic income as a headline policy. Yang will speak in Morningside Heights in Manhattan’s Upper West Side after announcing his campaign on Wednesday evening.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that New York City will terminate three contracts with the Trump Organization in the wake of last week’s riot at the Capitol building — the latest fallout for President Trump over the violence in Washington, D.C. The mayor said that City Hall would notify the Trump Organization that it will be canceling agreements to operate the carousel in Central Park, two skating rinks and a golf course.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised his city for vaccinating more than 26,000 people on Monday, but warned that coronavirus vaccine doses are on track to run out soon. "To make this work, we're going to need the help of the federal government, the state government and the manufacturers to keep getting us the vaccine," de Blasio said during a Tuesday press conference.

A frustrated New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday repeated his pleas to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow the Big Apple to vaccinate over-75s, noting that they are most at-risk and warning that it is "very dangerous" to delay that eligibility.

New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson for the NYPD told Fox News on Friday.  Deputy Commissioner Richard Esposito said Shea is "doing well" and "staying home and he is running the police department remotely." The police force said 463 employees tested positive for the virus this month.The news comes days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that members of law enforcement have been greenlighted to receive their first shot of the COVID-19

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said President Trump should be removed from office -- and accused him of committing "treason" with his remarks to supporters who went on to storm the Capitol building. "The president urged people to do violence.That is sedition.That's treason," De Blasio said at a press conference.

Lee Breuer, a cofounder of New York’s groundbreaking experimental theater company Mabou Mines and writer of Broadway’s Pulitzer Prize finalist The Gospel at Colonus, died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 83.

New York City dropped the ball again on New Year's Eve, but perhaps not as much as its mayor, Bill de Blasio did. Critics are laying into the Big Apple's leader for dancing on national television while the rest of the city was told to stay inside and socially distance during the coronavirus pandemic.

Andy Cohen has joined the chorus of Bill de Blasio's critics. The 52-year-old talk show host joined Anderson Cooper to cover the Times Square ball drop on New Year's Eve for CNN and he had some choice words for New York City's mayor.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vocalized an aggressive plan Thursday to vaccinate 1 million New Yorkers by the end of January, marking the largest vaccination effort in the city’s history. "This city can do it.The amazing health care professionals of this city are ready," de Blasio said during a briefing.  He detailed plans to expand on operational vaccination sites and set up new sites, or so-called "COVID-19 vaccination hubs," at community clinics and locations throughout the city.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said that an attack by a group of cyclists on an SUV in broad daylight was "absolutely unacceptable" and warned that there would be consequences for the perpetrators of the attack. "It's absolutely unacceptable," he said when asked about the incident.

A 20-year-old New York City man who allegedly shot a cop twice in the back on Christmas Eve with a pink gun – and failed to breach his bulletproof vest – told reporters he was sorry Friday. William Moss is accused of shooting NYPD Officer Connor Boalick, 27, in the back as he was taking a statement from Moss’ girlfriend.

Lee Wallace, who starred in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, died Dec. 20 in New York after along illness.

Andrew Yang filed paperwork to run for New York City mayor in 2021, the campaign finance board confirmed.  The 45-year-old tech entrepreneur amassed a loyal following in the Democratic primary and joined at least 35 other candidates who want to succeed the widely unpopular Mayor Bill de Blasio. Yang lives in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that travelers from the U.K. will receive a quarantine order as well as a  home visit from a sheriff’s deputy -- as part of an aggressive effort to prevent that spread of a more infectious strain of the coronavirus.

New York City restaurants owners are considering banning Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio from eating at their establishments -- a move to hit back against the latest restrictions banning indoor dining during the frigid winter months as well as constantly shifting rules during the coronavirus pandemic that have forced business owners to pay out of pocket with little government assistance.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday praised the Trump administration for its "valuable role" in getting a coronavirus vaccine out quickly -- after President-elect Joe Biden said the administration deserves credit. "In terms of getting the vaccine, yes, I do think the president and his administration contributed substantially to getting a vaccine in this kind of time frame," he said.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a news conference Friday said he sees the redistribution of wealth as an important factor toward ending structural racism in education. "I’d like to say very bluntly our mission is to redistribute wealth," he said.

A powerful nor'easter hit the East Coast Wednesday, closing schools in parts of the mid-Atlantic and New England.  But in the age of remote learning, some kids still had class online from home, while others got cherished snow days.  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared snow days a relic this week.  "As a parent, and I was a kid once myself, I have to say, I feel a little sad that this snow day we used to all know may be gone.