NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s subways will run for two more hours every day starting later this month and the nightly system shutdown for cleaning will be reduced as part of a phased reopening. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says starting Feb. 22, subways will run until 2 a.m., and start again at 4 a.m. It’s the first expansion of operating hours since shutdowns were instituted in May of last year to allow for cleanings during the pandemic. The cleanings that had gone on between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. will continue in the shortened shutdown period.
Photo: FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, Patrick Foye, Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, hands out face masks on a New York City subway. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
