JUST IN: 'We're going to have the schools remain closed for the rest of the year,' NY Gov. Cuomo says. 'Given the circumstances that we're in and the precautions that would have to be put in place...we don't think it's possible to do that.'
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A man in a Hazmat suit transports a deceased body on a stretcher outside a funeral home in Brooklyn on April 30, 2020 in New York City. Workers are seen outside the Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services funeral home in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 30, 2020.Police responded to reports Wednesday of a foul odor outside the funeral home and discovered dozens of decomposing bodies in two U-Haul trucks and a U-Haul van.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the circumstance"unconscionable" and noted the city has been transferring some of the coronavirus victims to freezer trucks for preservation.
People enjoy a spring afternoon in Brooklyn Bridge Park on April 28, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.Medical workers assist people standing in line at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, waiting to be tested for the coronavirus on April 24, 2020, in New York City. The first streets will open on Monday with 4.5 miles inside parks and 2.7 miles of streets adjacent to parks, de Blasio said.
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