The Empire State Development Board of Directors has approved $7.5 million in COVID-19 Business Counseling support to 70 non-profit...

New Yorkers without health insurance can apply for a health plan through NY State of Health, Gov. Andrew Cuomo highlighted in his nightly...

New Yorkers facing financial hardships related to the coronavirus will be able to defer life insurance payments for 90 days, Gov. Andrew...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this morning ordered "nonessential" construction to shut down statewide during the coronavirus pandemic except for...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday floated the idea of a flexible fiscal plan that would allow his administration to adjust the state budget...

The number of people filing unemployment claims has nearly quintupled in New York as businesses shutter across the state and country in...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said that 385 New Yorkers have died of COVID-19 - up from 285 yesterday. This is "bad news," the governor said,...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this morning again blasted the $2 trillion federal stimulus package, saying it will do nothing to help New York's...

Update: March 24, 2020 (4:21 a.m.) State Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James has launched a hotline New Yorkers can use to report any...

Update: March 23, 2020 (5:14 p.m.) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking federal unemployment assistance for "gig economy" workers, many of whom...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped the federal stimulus plan as inadequate for New York, the country’s epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis. Cuomo said...

After days of around-the-clock negotiations, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved $2 trillion in emergency spending just before midnight...

Update: March 26, 2020 (9:33 a.m.) New unemployment numbers were released this morning by the U.S. Labor Department, and they are - as...

Update: March 26, 2020 (5:42 a.m.) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York's senior senator, differ on...

Update: March 26, 2020 (5:42 a.m.) After days of around-the-clock negotiations, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved $2 trillion in...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is joining a growing number of states that have moved to restrict access to malaria treatments that President Donald...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo again reiterated that the apex of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York, which is the epicenter of the virus in the U.S....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his daily COVID-19 press briefing (held at the state Capitol today), said the $2 trillion virus bailout bill would...

Update: March 25, 2020 (12:42 p.m.) The governor announced today that 6,175 mental health professionals have voluntarily signed up to...

Update: March 25, 2020 (12:42 p.m.) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his daily COVID-19 press briefing (held at the state Capitol today), said the...