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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNew York City-based leaders from across the business spectrum have urged Congress to certify the presidential election results as scheduled on Wednesday, warning that any delays would “run counter to the essential tenets of our democracy.”The letter, issued today, comes as Congress braces for a showdown on Wednesday between 11 incumbent and incoming U.S.

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining.

David Dinkins, who died Monday at age 93, was New York City’s only Black mayor and a true champion for equality. In a year already overflowing with multiple crises and a deadly pandemic ravaging the nation, he leaves behind a legacy of what it means to serve our country and how to lead with courage and grace.

Two New York City police officers were wounded during a broad daylight shooting involving a suspect who has died, sources told Fox News.  The cops were in the area of 145-86 179th St. in Queens, N.Y., shortly after 12:45 p.m.Tuesday when shots rang out, police said.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City schools are closing for in-person learning starting tomorrow as the COVID-19 infection rate in NYC approaches 3%, a shutdown threshold previously agreed upon by the city, teachers and parents.The chancellor of the nation’s largest school district — which has been open in person for two months — broke the news in an email to principals Wednesday.“As of this morning, November 18, the City has now reached this threshold of test positivity citywide and,

The iconic New York comedy clubDangerfield’s has permanently closed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a recent "breaking news" poston its website, the club’s management announced that it was "with great sadness that after 50 years of continuous operations we will be closing ourNew York City venue effective immediately.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsNew York City has a new housewife in town. Bravo announced Thursday that attorney and television host Eboni K.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City will shutter nonessential businesses again in new COVID clusters in Brooklyn and Queens and restrict restaurants to takeout only as well as shutting schools and clamping down on religious services and mass gatherings, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.The measures, under a newly unveiled ‘Cluster Action Plan,’ are stricter than what Cuomo discussed yesterday when he said the only venues to close would be schools.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City could have 40 or more productions underway by year end, bringing it decisively back to pre-COVID-19 levels as an industry ramp-up that started in September gathers steam into the fall.That’s great news for the entertainment business, a welcome shot to the local economy and a heartening boost of in-person bustle —  with strict protocols — in a city where block after block of offices towers sit empty, tourism is shot and unemployment soaring.“The

Jerry Seinfeld in August wrote a scathing rebuke to a comedy club owner who saidNew York City is "dead" due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. And he would do it again, that is how strongly he feels.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York City venue (Le) Poisson Rouge is launching LPR.tv, a subscription-based service through which they will livestream concerts held in their downtown venue (without an audience) in high-definition video with full production and soundboard audio.The venue has booked an impressive array of indie-leaning artists for LPR.tv’s inaugural lineup, including Cults, Kimbra, Sunflower Bean, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), San Fermin,  Kevin Devine, Son Little, Laraaji, Too Many

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City’s Steiner Studios will build out a new 500,000-square-foot film and television production hub in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with eight soundstages, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announced Thursday.With $320 million in private investment, the project, at a former port complex called Bush Terminal, will create thousands of jobs, the city said, and “advance diversity and equity in the media and entertainment industry” through targeted

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City’s recovery from the depths of COVID-19 has prompted a nagging question: How are people supposed to get around by subway and bus in the age of social distancing?Mayor Bill de Blasio fielded a couple of queries on that topic during his Thursday press briefing at City Hall.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNew York City will be open for TV and movie crews to film as of Monday, entering the “Phase 4” of the plan to reopen facilities and services shuttered by the pandemic.NYC was cleared Friday for the phase, but with some restrictions still in place. There will be no indoor dining, and malls and museums remain shuttered.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City enters Phase 4 — the last region in the state to do so — on Monday, Gov.

Hugh Jackman puts his fit body on display while going for a swim at the beach on Thursday (July 9) in the Hamptons, N.Y.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City began work Thursday on a prominent, yellow-lettered “Black Lives Matter” mural on the street in front of Trump Tower.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, long a critic of Donald Trump’s presidency and the drain of his Manhattan headquarters on city’s resources, has backed the mural as a necessary show of solidarity with the movement. Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice have swept across the U.S.

PMC administratorNew York City real estate broker Frances Katzen at Douglas Elliman runs a 10-person team of luxury agents that has closed $2.5 billion in total sales and sold more than $250 million annually since 2010.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City, which was the initial global epicenter of COVID-19, will host the MTV Video Music Awards on August 30 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed the date and venue Monday during one of his regular briefings about the pandemic.

Also Read: Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Sues Netflix for Copyright Infringement Over 'Enola Holmes' MovieNew York City placed a temporary moratorium on large gatherings, filming and production rehearsals because of the spreading novel coronavirus. Rehearsals for “The Music Man” were intended to begin June 29, but will now commence Feb.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City, the global epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, is taking its first tentative steps to reopen 100 days after the pandemic began.Retail stores as well as construction and manufacturing sites welcomed back between 200,000 and 400,000 workers as the city began the first of four phases in its reopening.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNew York City has brought an early end to the 8 p.m. curfew order that was issued last week as the city was grappling with looting and violence that marred the massive but largely peaceful protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the order was lifted as of Sunday, one day earlier than originally planned.

Shutting it down. Lady Gaga’s dad, Joe Germanotta, is under fire for asking people to donate to a GoFundMe page he established for employees of Joanne Trattoria — the restaurant he owns on News York City’s Upper West Side — as it remains closed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Harvey Weinstein is physically feeling fine after contracting COVID-19 but it's life behind bars he's worried about. Weeks into his 23-year prison sentence, a source told Fox News that Weinstein has "no symptoms" but "has been in isolation" since he moved from New York City's Rikers Island jail to Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison near Buffalo, N.Y., earlier this month.

An exhausted nurse has made a heartbreaking plea to the public to stop panic-buying after she was greeted with empty supermarket shelves following a 48-hour shift.

Behati Prinsloo kicks up her heel behind her while arriving at the Empire State Building in Ne York City on Monday (March 2).

Former Celtic and Scotland star Jackie McNamara has been rushed to hospital in England after collapsing on his doorstep.

One of the first two people to test positive for coronavirus in the UK is a student at the University of York.

Prince George knows exactly what he wants for Christmas.