NYC Recovery at Risk With School Shutdown, Looming Subway Cuts
- Working parents scramble for alternative-care arrangements
- MTA warns of 40% cuts to subways without aid from Washington
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New York City’s public school shutdown and the prospect of a crippled mass transit agency brings a new sense of vulnerability to a city that had been making a comeback from its dark days as the world’s Covid-19 epicenter.
And more bad news is imminent. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the city’s rising test rate could force indoor dining, gyms and some other nonessential businesses to close, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said he expects those actions to be taken “quite soon.”