The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has reported 15 cases of a rare but potentially lethal inflammatory syndrome in children that may be linked to coronavirus infections.

New York is adjusting to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic even for some of its most time-honored traditions.

Sam remembers the moment he realized he could no longer smile at patients. He was helping a nervous man suffering from COVID-19 at the New York City hospital where he works as a nurse. The patient cracked a joke, and Sam laughed. Then he felt air in his eye.

By J. David Goodman

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with the US government for more help in expectation of a surge in COVID-19 cases next week, as new statistics emerged confirming that hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their jobs.

New York City is one of the few large school districts left in the country that has yet to cancel classes due to the coronavirus outbreak and the teachers that run the classroom say they’re “furious,” according to Facebook posts and statements from the teachers themselves.

Several of New York’s largest and most prestigious cultural institutions – including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic – announced that they would temporarily shut down in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday following his sexual assault and rape conviction last month in a case hailed as a victory for the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

An attacker stabbed five people at a rabbi’s home in the US state of New York, a Jewish group said.

The United States secretly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported Sunday.

A surge in violent police clashes has left a trail of bodies across New York City, stoking tensions between officers and critics who say they have been too quick to use deadly force.

A painting stolen by the Nazis in the 1930s was found in the collection of Canajoharie's Arkell Museum in New York and recovered by federal agents, authorities said.

The longest non-stop passenger flight touched down in Australia Sunday morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a milestone journey from New York that Qantas hopes to parlay into commercial success.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani refused to engage in a phone conversation with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, which had been arranged by French President Emmanuel Macron, leaving Trump waiting on the line, US media reports said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during his visit to New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held talks with his counterparts and other high-ranking officials from several countries.