NYC’s Subways Shut Down For Virus Cleaning

NEW YORK (AP) – It was the sounds of silence in New York City’s subway system, as the normally round-the-clock system shut down for train cleaning. The trains, which had been running on a reduced schedule since late March, were scheduled to stop from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday. That’s going to be the new daily routine, to allow for daily cleanings and for city workers to move homeless people who have been more visible in subway cars during the coronavirus. The New York Police Department has assigned more than 1,000 officers to secure many of the system’s 472 stations, as fewer than 200 can be physically locked up.