A $3 million settlement will be divided among 452 underpaid workers employed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the city comptroller's office said. By Stefanos Chen and Liam Stack At the ...

New Yorkers who get sick from COVID-19 will no longer be able to tap the state-mandated paid sick leave starting Aug. 1, but employees can still use qualifying leave available under other state laws.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced New York state’s 2025–2026 COVID-19 vaccine guidance, recommending that New Yorkers of nearly all ages, including children, adults and high-risk individuals, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed an executive order aimed at preserving access to COVID-19 vaccines in New York, citing what she described as threats to immunization from the Trump administration.

New York State’s COVID-specific sick leave mandate will finally expire on July 31, 2025. Enacted in the early days of the pandemic, the law required employers to provide a separate allotment of paid ...

As Covid-19 has receded from everyday life, New Yorkers — and Americans more generally — haven’t shown much interest in poring over their governments’ pandemic-era performance. In 2024, congressional ...