NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended protections for New Yorkers unable to pay their rent, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio set an ambitious goal to test 140,000 people for coronavirus antibodies by early next month.
The state's daily death toll was 231. More on the latest pandemic-related developments in New York: ___ EVICTION MORATORIUM New York’s moratorium on outbreak-related housing evictions was extended Thursday by Cuomo for two more months.
The governor in March had issued a moratorium that lasted through June, but he said he wanted to reduce the anxiety of families struggling through the economic shutdown.