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MTA Rolls Back Overnight Subway Shutdowns After Council Grilling

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 2/19/21

Starting Feb. 22, the MTA will expand the hours subway service is available, cutting in half the shutdown period required for cleaning to between 2 and 4 a.m.

The move to roll back the suspension of service ordered by Governor Cuomo last May, the first such closing in the system's history, came days after MTA CEO and Chairman Patrick Foye was grilled by the City Council's Transportation Committee about resuming the 24-hour service that thousands of essential workers rely on.

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