New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill granting benefits to the families of front-line workers who have died of coronavirus.
The measures will apply to police officers, paramedics, health workers and transportation employees.
“It is the least we can do to thank and honour the memory of these heroes,” he said on Twitter.
New York has been the worst-affected state in the US, with almost 30,000 deaths since the outbreak began.
