Tag: Andrew Cuomo

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 07:46 UTC

  Governor of US State of New York to leave office over major sexual harassment scandal

  

  New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday announced he would resign effective in a fortnight following a report from Federal Prosecutor Letitia James which details his alleged sexual harassment of female staffers.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 15:20 UTC

  In live stream at several US cities, vaccination started, “healing is coming”

  

  New York City intensive care unit nurse on Monday became the first person in the United States to receive a coronavirus vaccine, calling it a sign that “healing is coming,” as the nation’s COVID-19 death toll crossed a staggering 300,000 lives lost.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  New York imposes 14-day quarantine on travelers arriving from eight US states

  

  People arriving in New York from an additional eight states must quarantine themselves for 14 days amid the coronavirus pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered this week.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  US markets bullish response to Trump's “Light at the end of the tunnel”

  

  Hopes that the economy-crushing coronavirus pandemic might be easing sent Wall Street climbing sharply on Monday with all three main indices higher at the close of trading.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 11:54 UTC

  New York after Facebook for alleged discriminatory advertising platforms

  

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Financial Services to investigate reports that state-regulated advertisers were using Facebook Inc's advertising platform in a discriminatory manner.

• Sunday, June 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  New York State eliminates religious exemptions from vaccination for school children

  

  Lawmakers in New York have voted to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccines for children, as the state grapples with a measles outbreak. The law passed on Thursday night and led to chaotic scenes in the statehouse as anti-vaccination supporters clashed with lawmakers.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Helicopter crash-lands in the roof of New York skyscraper killing the pilot

  

  A helicopter crash-landed into a high-rise building roof in New York City on Monday afternoon, bursting into flames and killing the pilot, authorities said. The helicopter made a “hard landing or an emergency landing” on the roof of the 54-story building on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters, calling it “not a routine landing.”

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Amazon drops plans to build HQ in New York because of fierce opposition from politicians

  

  Amazon has said it will not build a new headquarters in New York, citing fierce opposition from state and local politicians. The dramatic turnabout comes just months after the firm named New York City one of two sites selected for major expansion over the next decades. City and state leaders had agreed to provide about US$3bn in incentives to secure that investment.

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 11:20 UTC

  Airbnb sues New York State for imposing costly fines on online rentals

  

  After New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Friday imposing costly fines onto people who advertise illegal rentals online, the housing site Airbnb sued, contending that the law violates freedom of speech and is unconstitutional.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2015 - 05:04 UTC

  New York dims lights in high buildings to help birds' migration

  

  The state of New York is to turn off non-essential lights in state-run buildings to help birds navigate their migratory routes in spring and autumn. Migrating birds are believed to use stars to navigate but they can be disorientated by electric lights, causing them to crash into buildings.