March 18, 2020 VA secretary: Trump ordering Navy hospital ship to NYC shows commitment to help his hometown Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told "The Story" Wednesday that he is pleased by the teamwork between President Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and added that the VA stands ready to assist civilians in dealing with the coronavirus contagion.
March 18, 2020 Cuomo says Trump will dispatch USNS Comfort hospital ship to NYC harbor 'immediately' amid coronavirus outbreak in state New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that President Trump has agreed to dispatch a Navy hospital ship to the New York City Harbor that will “add capacity” for those who need to be admitted due to complications of coronavirus.
March 18, 2020 De Blasio calls on US military to help New York amid coronavirus, addresses possible ‘shelter-in-place’ New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that the American military should “get in this game” and help areas battling the coronavirus outbreak, while also clarifying that he is “almost to the point” of recommending a city-wide “shelter-in-place” order to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
March 17, 2020 Trump, Cuomo now buddy-buddy in coronavirus response after 'great talk' President Trump praised Andrew Cuomo for doing a “really great job” on the coronavirus Tuesday — just a day after slamming the governor on Twitter.
March 17, 2020 Cuomo shoots down de Blasio warnings of possible NYC shelter-in-place order New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of an imminent shelter-in-place order in New York City, hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was a possibility and that a decision could be made within 48 hours.
March 17, 2020 Trump tangles with Cuomo over coronavirus: 'Keep politics out of it’ President Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are trading barbs over the coronavirus response, with the president telling the Democratic governor Tuesday to “keep politics out of it.”
March 15, 2020 New York City closes public schools amid coronavirus outbreak, affecting over 1.1 million students New York City officials on Sunday said its public school system will close for over a month in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, a decision affecting over 1.1 million children.
March 13, 2020 New York resident describes living in coronavirus quarantine's 'containment zone' New Rochelle, NY resident Tamar Weinberg explained Friday that her community has come together under coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine.
March 13, 2020 Giuliani blasts de Blasio for 'late' NYC coronavirus response: Must've been 'sleeping' Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani ripped incumbent Bill de Blasio for what he called an unacceptably late response to the coronavirus outbreak in the Big Apple.
March 12, 2020 Cuomo says NY 'way behind in testing' for coronavirus, warns number of cases could be more than 3,000 The number of positive cases of coronavirus in New York climbed to 328 on Thursday, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., said he would not be surprised if that number was over 3,000, stressing that there is no way to know the breadth of the virus because the state lacks adequate testing supplies.