Governor Cuomo says the city will have 24 hours to come up with a plan to offer child care and food to families that need it.
Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images New York City plans to close down its public schools in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On Sunday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York City’s 1,800 schools would close sometime this week, and that the city would have 24 hours to sort out how to provide child care and food to families that need it. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to give more details at an evening press conference.
Earlier Sunday, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties closed their schools for two weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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