New York City plans to reopen the nation’s largest public-school system in September with social-distancing guidelines, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, which would represent a major step in the city’s efforts to recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus.
After the mayor’s briefing, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s spokeswoman Dani Lever said the governor alone holds the authority to decide whether and when schools will reopen.
“All such decisions are made by state government and not local government,” Lever said in a statement. The state will consult the city’s parents, teachers, health officials and elected officials,” she said, without naming de Blasio. “But the governor has said any determination is premature at this point.”
In April, when de Blasio announced he would keep schools closed for the remainder of the school year, Cuomo pushed back and insisted such decisions rested with the state.
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