Here are stories about COVID-19 that have appeared in The Riverdale Press. Please note that stories are accurate as to the date of publication, and that some information may have changed since these stories were published. more

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz says a bill he’s championed that would extend more lenient absentee balloting as the coronavirus pandemic continues is close to becoming law. more

Opening public schools for the fall is something Mayor Bill de Blasio has been pushing quite heavily — even before he got the go-ahead from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But accomplishing it is something that is going to take some serious planning — something people like council Speaker Corey Johnson doesn’t feel there’s been enough of. more

As the sun comes up Monday morning, New York City has officially caught up with the rest of the state, joining the other nine regions in the fourth phase of the coronavirus pandemic reopening. more

President Donald Trump has taken a lot of flack lately about how he has handled the coronavirus pandemic to this point — and his approval numbers aren’t helping much either. more

Get all the latest on what's reopening, what's still closed, and what to expect next in the Riverdale/Kingsbridge/Marble Hill area, because of the ongoing issues with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.  more

New York has seemingly been on the opposite side of whatever the rest of the country is experiencing when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. When the country was mostly minimally scarred from the virus, New York was the epicenter. more

Voting has certainly changed a lot in New York over the past year. But Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz says it hasn’t changed enough. more

Donald Trump had a change of heart last week when it came to face masks. While he still doesn’t understand why requiring masks to be worn should be mandatory, he did admit he’d wear one in a “tight situation,” adding that when he wears one, he looks like the Lone Ranger. more

While state and city officials discuss if and when public schools will open in the fall, it's clear that one parochial school definitely will not. St. John's School in Kingsbridge is one of 20 New York schools that were shut down by the Archdiocese of New York — closures church officials say will impact more than 2,500 students and 350 staff members. more