With thousands of people out of work amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some employers in Connecticut have stepped up and are looking for new workers.Nationwide, most bars, restaurants and other non-essential businesses have been closed for week due to fears of spreading COVID-19, though many grocery stores have seen an uptick in shoppers as store shelves continue being ...

A registered sex offender convicted of forcibly touching a teenage girl has moved to an apartment near a Putnam County church and elementary school.Brian White, 35, formerly of Northern Westchester, is now living in an apartment on Gleneida Avenue in Carmel, walking distance from St. James the Apostle School, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.The ...

Local officials will be more strictly enforcing social distancing rules in Hempstead, one of the state's hotspots for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).In response to the outbreak, and to groups of people failing to socially distance themselves, Waylyn Hobbs, the Village of Hempstead Trustee for Emergency Services, announced that police will begin new enforcement measures to curtail the ...

Workers at a New York Amazon warehouse walked off the job for the second time after more employees contracted novel coronavirus (COVID-19) while working in Staten Island.Employees at Amazon’s distribution center - known as JFK8 - began a strike at noon on Monday, April 6, amid complaints that more than two dozens warehouse staffers have tested positive for COVID-19.The workers are ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo claims that he was unaware of the concerns of Long Islanders who have seen an influx of New York City residents flocking out east amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Since the outbreak, some affluent suburbs on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley have seen a surge of Manhattan residents with summer homes in the suburbs heading there, bringing the ...

Those who fail to practice proper social distancing protocols in New York State during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will now face steeper fines, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.Earlier report - COVID-19: New York 'On Pause' Extended, But Cuomo Sees Possible 'Flattening Of Curve'As the number of cases rose statewide to 130,689, Cuomo announced that the maximum fines for ...

Two men are on the loose after allegedly breaking into a Long Island deli and robbing it of cash and merchandise, police said.The Nassau County Police Department issued an alert stating that two unknown African Americans entered In & Out Deli on Nassau Road in Roosevelt at approximately 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, April 5.Detectives said that the two men entered through a rear basement ...

New York will be "on pause" for several more weeks as the number of deaths due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has now been essentially flat for two days, indicating a possible "flattening of the curve."During his daily COVID-19 news briefing on Monday, April 6, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced there have been 8,658 new confirmed cases of the virus, bringing the statewide total to ...

A woman posing as a healthcare professional robbed an elderly woman in her Long Island apartment, police said.Detectives from the Nassau County Police Department are attempting to locate a woman who stole a pocketbook from an 87-year-old woman living in a Main Street apartment in Farmingdale over the weekend.Police said that the suspect entered the woman’s apartment at approximately ...

Yonkers, with the highest rate of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Westchester, has now surpassed 1,000 for the first time during the pandemic according to new information released by the county.As of Monday, April 6, there have been 43,955 people tested in Westchester, with 13,723 (31 percent) testing positive since the outbreak. There have been 122,031 positive tests ...