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Sen. Schumer says the MTA should restore around-the-clock subway service

Posted on May 3, 2021 at 5:00 am by John Lynch

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses as members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, talk to reporters about alleviating shortages of personal protective equipment for hospitals and health care workers to defeat COVID-19, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Charles Schumer says the MTA should restore around-the-clock subway service in New York City.

The city’s subway system currently shuts down each day from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. so trains and stations can be disinfected.

Senate Schumer pointed to a jump in subway ridership, the drop in the number of coronavirus cases reported in the city and the number of people being vaccinated as reasons to restore 24 hour service.

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)