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Model Nastya Swan, 19, shares her story about getting COVID-19

'NYC Hospitals were so packed and I was told I could only be admitted if urgent life support was needed similar to the rest of the patients.' So she had to recover on her own.




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Architect who fled the Nazis as teenager only to be caught by Russian Army dies in NY of coronavirus

New York architect Joseph Feingold, 97, originally from Poland, who appeared in an Oscar-nominated film about his escape from the Nazis called 'Joe's Violin', has died with coronavirus.




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Rapper Fred The Godson 'dies from COVID-19 at age 35' after asking fans to pray for him

The star, 35, from the South Bronx in New York had been suffering from COVID-19 and recently took to Instagram to ask fans to pray for him. He suffered from asthma.




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Four more tigers and three lions test positive for COVID-19 at Bronx Zoo, bringing total to 8 cats

On April 5, Nadia (pictured), a four-year-old Malayan tiger, tested positive for COVID-19. Since then, Bronx Zoo officials said four more tigers and three lions have been infected.




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Stephanie March steps up to help the restaurant industry and front line heroes during COVID-19

Stephanie March as joined forces with photographer Melanie Dunea, on Treats Help, a new initiative that benefits both the ailing restaurant industry as well as those on the front lines of fighting COVID-19.




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Five-month-old baby girl of NY firefighter dies from coronavirus

Five-month-old baby Jay-Natalie La Santa, the daughter of FDNY firefighter Jerel La Santa and his wife Lindsey, passed away from COVID-19 on Monday.




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National Guard salute veteran who died from coronavirus at Javits Center field hospital

The military veteran died on April 18 at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center, which the military has converted into a field hospital for people diagnosed with coronavirus.




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RHONY newcomer Leah McSweeney convinces Tinsley and Sonja to skinny dip during wild Hamptons party

New cast member Leah McSweeney got her friends to strip naked and trash Ramona Singer's Southampton house on Thursday's episode of The Real Housewives of New York City.




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'They are transporting the virus': NYC subway conductors say cars have turned into homeless shelters

New York City subway conductors said that essential workers who still use mass transit are in danger of being infected with coronavirus due to unsanitary conditions inside the cars.




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Mayor Bill de Blasio appoints his wife head of coronavirus racial inequality task force

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that he believes it will take more than 20 months to fully rebuild New York City and announces different councils that will focus on reopening the Big Apple.




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People living in the cities hardest-hit by coronavirus have mostly stopped using public transit

A new mobility tool from Apple shows people living in America's hardest-hit coronavirus cities have all but stopped using public transit, are walking far less and are even driving less during the outbreak.




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Off-duty NYPD cop, 34, killed on his way to work after 'drag racing' BMW rear-ended his motorcycle

Richard Holt, 34, (pictured) died after he was thrown from his Harley Davidson Motorbike when a 'racing' car clipped the rear of his bike on Saturday evening in Bayside, Queens, New York City.




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Nearly HALF of all New Yorkers says they know someone who has died from COVID-19

The state-wide survey carried out by Siena College discovered that 46 percent of New York City residents personally knew someone killed by COVID-19, as do 36 percent living in the suburbs.




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New York City EMT, 23, commits suicide less than three months on job after working COVID-19 hotspots

New York City EMT John Mondello, 23, was found dead from a gunshot wound discharged from a weapon registered to his retired NYPD father, in Astoria Queens Friday night.




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NYC doctor, 48, commits suicide after telling family about the trauma of coronavirus battle

Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sunday, family members revealed.




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New York woman, 101, who survived the Spanish flu and cancer beats coronavirus

New York woman Angelina Friedman, 101, who was born in the height of the Spanish flu in 1918 and went on to survive cancer, beat the novel coronavirus this month.




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Walk-in coronavirus antibody testing is launched at urgent care clinics across New York

CityMD launched walk-in antibody and COVID-19 testing Tuesday as New Yorkers waited for hours to receive a test to show if they had had coronavirus.




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NYC teacher, 30, who was twice turned away from ER dies from coronavirus

Rana Zoe Mungin, 30, a teacher at Bushwick Ascend Middle School in Brooklyn, died in hospital Monday, a month after she was put on a ventilator and over six weeks after she first fell ill with a fever.




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'Transporting coronavirus through every borough': Subway worker shares video of New York's homeless

A New York subway worker has shared an alarming video that shows how some of the homeless population has flocked to train cars to seek shelter amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Olivia Palermo uses a designer scarf to protect herself from COVID-19

Olivia Palermo put on quite the stylish display while out and about New York City on Tuesday. The 34-year-old beauty rocked leather pants and a scarf mask to walk her dog.




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New York City subways have become a hotbed of crime amid pandemic

Since the pandemic exploded in New York City and millions stopped going to work, ridership has decreased by 90 percent but there has been an increase in crimes on the underground network.




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Bill de Blasio under attack for singling out the Jewish community for breaking social distancing

The NYC Mayor showed up at an Orthodox Jewish funeral in Williamsburg Tuesday and threatened mourners with arrest for ignoring social distancing. His actions were widely condemned.




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Coronavirus US: Cuomo resumes elective surgeries at hospitals

On Tuesday, there were 330 COVID-19 deaths across the state of New York which is the lowest number since April 29, which brings the total to 17,968. There were 957 new hospitalizations.




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Coronavirus patient in New York died because her ventilator was turned up too high by junior doctors

New York City doctors in residence have said that coronavirus patients are dying while they being made to work on intensive care units with no prior training in the field.




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New York City's heart attack spike could have been early sign of COVID-19

A spike in heart attacks in mid-February could have been an early sign that the coronavirus was starting to spread in New York City before it became the epicenter for the illness in mid-March.




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Barbra Streisand mourns the loss of legendary Hollywood casting director Cis Corman at age 93

Barbra Streisand is mourning the loss of dear and longtime friend and colleague Cis Corman, who passed away on Monday at the age of 93.




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Emily Ratajkowski shows off her supermodel figure as she tries on the 'favorite' sheer collection

The supermodel - who lives in New York City with her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard but has been staying in Los Angeles this spring - showed off the styles on Thursday.




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NYPD cops run after hearse and arrest teen at Jewish funeral after de Blasio told them to crack down

Chaos broke out between law enforcement and mourners at the Orthodox Jewish funeral of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel in Borough Park Thursday.




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Decomposed body found stuffed into a freezer by son clearing out deceased mother's Harlem apartment 

The man discovered the decomposed body, believed to have been in the freezer around ten years, as he was clearing out his deceased mother's apartment on Broadway, Harlem, New York City.




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Colorado paramedic who volunteered to help battle COVID-19 in New York City has died from the virus

Paul Cary, 66, from Colorado was volunteering for FEMA in New York. His main duty consisted of transporting COVID-19 patients. He had been working in the city since April 1st before falling ill.




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Moment 'essential worker' pummels Asian man on New York subway because victim started COVID-19'

A shocking video shows the moment an unhinged man believed to be an essential worker throws 40 punches at an innocent bystander who was Asian, because the attacker blamed him for COVID-19.




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Landlord is caught offering free rent to women in exchange for sex during the coronavirus pandemic

A Long Island landlord referred to as 'Eddie' posted a Craigslists ad offering women free rent in exchange for sex




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Bags of gratitude containing fashion and beauty products given to nurses temporarily residing in NY

As a token of gratitude and appreciation for frontline workers, swag bags were created by From Fashion, With Love and distributed to 800 nurses who left their families to come to NYC to help.




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Coronavirus US: Anti-lockdown protests across the country

Large demonstrations occurred across the country, from New York to North Carolina, with protesters urging an end to stay-at-home orders put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Andy Cohen and son Ben join a socially distant crowd to cheer first responders in the West Village

Andy Cohen took his adorable son Ben along to participate in what has become a highlight of the day for many New Yorkers in quarantine. Later, he posted a sweet photo of Ben holding his hand.




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Bob Arum slams Dana White ahead of UFC 249 as veteran promotor hits out at 'cowboy behaviour'

White has yielded plenty of criticism for his promotion's handling of the crisis, with the 50-year-old fighting tooth and nail to save UFC 249, which was set to be headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov.




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Ex-FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb predicts above 100,000 will die from coronavirus by end of June

Dr Scott Gottlieb on Sunday expressed concern that confirmed coronavirus infections and hospitalizations are still increasing in 20 states including Texas and Illinois.




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Andy Cohen's son Ben goes out for a walk with his father in flip flops for the first time

After taking his son out for his first public steps the day before, Andy Cohen celebrated a smaller milestone when his son Ben went for a walk in flip flops for the first time.




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Taylor Swift sends Utah nurse a handwritten note out of gratitude for work amid COVID-19 pandemic

Nurse Whitney Hilton, who works at Ogden, Utah's McKay-Dee Hospital, took to social media Sunday to thank the Grammy-winner, 30, for her act of kindness.




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Colorado paramedic, 66, who went to NYC to volunteer and died of coronavirus given hero's procession

Paul Cary, 66, of Aurora, Colorado, had been part of Ambulnz's State of New York COVID Response team when he volunteered to be deployed to the state's coronavirus epicenter, New York City.




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Mom dies of a C-section gone wrong just four days after threatening to expose 'incompetent doctors'

Just four days after Amber Rose Isaac, 26, complained of 'incompetent doctors', she died during childbirth in New York City




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MTA says it will use ultraviolet lights to kill coronavirus on NYC subways, buses

The modern technology will be trialed to clean trains, buses and work areas in the city, officials announced on Sunday.




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Coronavirus US: Three Queens hospital workers die in two weeks

Wayne Edwards, 61, his supervisor Derik Braswell, 57, and Priscilla Carrow (pictured), 65, handed doctors and nurses masks at Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York.




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Coronavirus US: Rise in cases may be 'new normal', says expert

Dr Scott Gottlieb said health experts had expected to see declines in new cases by now and that the spread of the virus may not go down any further as parts of the US start to relax lockdown measures.




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Coronavirus US: De Blasio says NYC won't reopen til September

The city is on lockdown along with the rest of the state until May 15 at least, after which point is must meet seven requirements set out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo before it can reopen.




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Geico Skytypers sky write heartfelt messages of support to frontline workers over New York City

A fleet of World War II planes flown by members of the Geico Skytypers Air Show Team took to the skies on Tuesday to write messages of support to frontline workers in New York City.




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New York 'army' of tracers needed to reopen economy have not been hired yet

As of Tuesday morning, neither New York State Health Department officials nor Mayor Bill de Blasio's office could not provide any numbers for how many people had actually been hired.




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Famke Janssen enjoys a stroll in the park amid coronavirus pandemic

The X-Men icon, 55, stepped out for some fresh air as she watched dogs play in a pen during a stroll in her local park in New York City on Tuesday afternoon.




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Olivia Palermo continues her 'safety, but make it fashion' ethos

The 34-year-old socialite stepped out on Tuesday looking runway ready, as she took her beloved white Maltese dog, Mr. Butler, for walkies.




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66% of New York coronavirus hospitalizations are people staying at HOME

In a study of some 1,000 new patients over the last week, 66 percent were not essential workers and were staying at home. More than 80 percent had not taken any public transport.