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Cuomo, De Blasio Resist Calls to Close New York Schools
- De Blasio resists pressure and will keep NYC schools open
- City Council speaker and teachers’ union call for shutdown
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, speaks during a news conference on Covid-19 in New York on March 13.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he does not see a need to close schools statewide and would leave such decisions to the localities.
His statement comes as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio faces pressure from the leaders of the teachers union and the City Council to close schools as cases of the new coronavirus surge. The mayor said schools in the most populous U.S. city keep children safe, give them first-line access to health care through the school nurse, allow parents to work and provide needy students with two meals a day.