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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is setting up COVID-19 "traveler registration checkpoints" at tunnel and bridge crossings starting Aug. 6 to help compliance with New York State quarantine requirements to contain the virus. A directive, from Gov. Andrew Cuomo says travelers from 35 designated states…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said President Trump won't be sending federal troops into New York City but warned Mayor Bill de Blasio to get a handle on crime, homelessness and graffiti. At his daily briefing Thursday, the Governor said – as the Mayor had yesterday — he would certainly sue if the president followed…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was booed and heckled by an irate crowd at a memorial for George Floyd in Brooklyn Thursday after declining to call out police violence in the city the night before. An event organizer, Rev. Kevin McCall, introduced the increasingly unpopular pol, asking the crowd for "respect" as…