Gov. Cuomo announces 'unprecedented' shutdown of NYC subway system for daily coronavirus cleanings
April 30, 2020
NEW YORK — The subway system that never sleeps is grinding to a halt.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that New York City’s around-the-clock subway system will shut down every day between 1 and 5 a.m. so trains can be scrubbed with disinfectants in an “unprecedented” move to curb the spread of coronavirus.In his daily briefing from Albany, Cuomo said the “aggressive” daily cleanings will allow health care professionals, first responders and other essential workers relying on public transit to safely ride back and forth to the front lines of the war against the virus.“They’re on tho...
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