While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that public schools in the city would shutter for the rest of the academic year, he was challenged on the move later in the day by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said only the state has the power to extend such closures, adding that no such decision had been taken.
“There has been no decision. That’s the mayor’s opinion,” Cuomo said at his daily COVID-19 press briefing, the Wall Street Journal reported.
