New York City is gradually returning to its daily grind after weeks of lockdown
NEW YORK — The city is gradually returning to its daily grind after weeks of lockdown.
Riders taking transit for the first time in months were greeted by workers handing out two-ounce bottles of state-produced hand sanitizer and free face masks. Yellow stickers lined the floors of major subway hubs telling riders to spread out. In some stations, like the Astoria-Ditmars subway stop, private contractors piled into trains to wipe down subway poles and seats before heading to the next stop.
“Every train that comes they clean it — It’s really cool,” said Amel Mujezinovic, a 43-year-old retail manager commuting on the N to Manhattan. “C’mon, we’re in New York. We’re exposed to everything here. So we’re immune to most of it that people are not ... I think we’re totally safe.between July and October, modeling them off the popular 14th Street busway that will now become a permanent fixture.
Cuomo, who marked the occasion by taking the 7 train to Grand Central, said the MTA has completed 30,000 subway station cleanings and 500,000 subway car cleanings ahead of the reopening. The MTA is pushing the city to add even more bus lanes, after initially calling for 60 new miles of busways. “The MTA must reopen the train services from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m,” said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the committee on transportation, at a press conference. “I feel that as a city … working toward reopening we have to take care of those essential workers.”
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