NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Columbia University on Monday canceled its main commencement ceremony, saying "smaller-scale" celebrations will be held instead after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the end of the semester and inspired demonstrations nationwide. School officials said they chose to focus on the smaller ceremonies based on feedback from the Columbia community. "We have decided to make the centerpiece of our Commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, rather than the...…NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – Columbia University on Monday canceled its main commencement ceremony, saying "smaller-scale" celebrations will be held instead after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the end of the semester and inspired demonstrations nationwide. School officials said they chose to focus on the smaller ceremonies based on feedback from the Columbia community. "We have decided to make the centerpiece of our Commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, rather than the...WW…

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that New York City will have COVID-19 checkpoints at key entry points to New York City to help enforce the state's mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers.De Blasio said the new traveler registration checkpoints will be at major bridge and tunnel crossings to remind travelers coming from 34 impacted states and Puerto Rico about the mandatory quarantine.“Starting today, we’re going to do something new in New York City: We will have checkpoints at key entry points to the city,” the mayor said.“Travelers from those...…NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that New York City will have COVID-19 checkpoints at key entry points to New York City to help enforce the state's mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers.De Blasio said the new traveler registration checkpoints will be at major bridge and tunnel crossings to remind travelers coming from 34 impacted states and Puerto Rico about the mandatory quarantine.“Starting today, we’re going to do something new in New York City: We will have checkpoints at key entry points to the city,” the mayor said.“Travelers from those...WW…

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he thinks New York City should “seriously consider” other factors like the positivity rate in schools before thinking about moving to all-remote learning if the city reaches a 3% rolling positivity rate.Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that schools would immediately shut down for in-person learning if the city hit the benchmark of 3% of people testing positive over a seven-day span. It was 2.8% on Friday and had dropped to 2.47% on Saturday.However, the positivity rate has been much lower in schools. It was 0.18% on Friday.Here are...…NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he thinks New York City should “seriously consider” other factors like the positivity rate in schools before thinking about moving to all-remote learning if the city reaches a 3% rolling positivity rate.Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that schools would immediately shut down for in-person learning if the city hit the benchmark of 3% of people testing positive over a seven-day span. It was 2.8% on Friday and had dropped to 2.47% on Saturday.However, the positivity rate has been much lower in schools. It was 0.18% on Friday.Here are...WW…