MTA press release, 'MTA Welcoming Riders to Subway with Increased Overnight Service Beginning Early Tomorrow Morning' (Feb. 21, 2021), reciting the nightly closure of the subway since May 6, 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

New York (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) · New York

Level

State

Authority

N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law 1263 et seq.; Governor's directive of April 30, 2020 under EO 202 series

Issued

2021-02-21 Feb. 21, 2021

Effective

February 22, 2021 (read as 2021-02-22)

In force

Feb. 22, 2021 to May 17, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Travel and quarantineOther

Addressees

• subway riders
• MTA New York City Transit

Functions reached

• WF (overnight shift workers in health care, hospitality, logistics, cleaning, security)
• TR

Collection

Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'Since May 6, 2020, the subway has been closed from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to allow for disinfecting [of trains and stations]... the first planned closure in its history.' 'overnight subway service will be extended by two hours, moving to a 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. nightly closure, beginning Monday, Feb. 22.' '24/7 Disinfecting of Trains and Stations to Continue.'

Enforcement

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