{"id":"MET-NYC-047","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York City (subway system)","state":"NY","metro":"NYC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (with the Governor\u0027s direction of Apr. 30, 2020)","authority":"Governor\u0027s direction under the State disaster emergency (EO 202 series) and MTA operating authority (Public Authorities Law) (directive text not read)","instrument":"MTA press release, \u0027MTA Welcoming Riders to Subway with Increased Overnight Service Beginning Early Tomorrow Morning\u0027 (Feb. 21, 2021), describing the nightly subway closure since May 6, 2020 and its reduction to 2 a.m.-4 a.m. from Feb. 22, 2021","title":"Nightly closure of the New York City subway, 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. from May 6, 2020, reduced to 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. from Feb. 22, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-02-21","effective":"Closure from May 6, 2020 (1-5 a.m.); reduced window from Feb. 22, 2021 (2-4 a.m.)","end":"24-hour service restored May 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-NYC-048)","startDate":"2020-05-06","endDate":"2021-05-17","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["TRAV","CURF"],"addressees":["all subway riders","overnight-shift workers and employers"],"clause":"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today is reminding customers that 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.... Since May 6, 2020, the subway has been closed [from 1 to 5 a.m. for disinfection].... \u0027The continued partial suspension will allow for the most aggressive disinfection regimen in MTA history...\u0027 (Patrick J. Foye, MTA Chairman and CEO).","enforcement":"Stations closed and trains not in passenger service during the window; alternative bus and for-hire (\u0027Essential Connector\u0027) service","functions":["WF overnight workforce (hospitals, hotels, restaurants, warehouses, cleaning, security)","TV travel","DR dispatch of overnight logistics"],"notes":"The first suspension of 24-hour subway service in the system\u0027s history, for more than twelve months; the MTA\u0027s own chairman called it a \u0027continued partial suspension\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-welcoming-riders-subway-increased-overnight-service-beginning-early-tomorrow","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-welcoming-riders-subway-increased-overnight-service-beginning-early-tomorrow","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":171190,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-NYC","url":"/library/MET-NYC-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-NYC-047","citation":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority (with the Governor\u0027s direction of Apr. 30, 2020), MTA press release, \u0027MTA Welcoming Riders to Subway with Increased Overnight Service Beginning Early Tomorrow Morning\u0027 (Feb. 21, 2021), describing the nightly subway closure since May 6, 2020 and its reduction to 2 a.m.-4 a.m. from Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-NYC-047)","stateName":"New York","related":["MET-NYC-048"]}