NYC Students to Return to School No More Than Three Days a Week

An empty playground is seen at the Anderson School PS 334 during the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 12, 2020. Jeenah Moon/Reuters

Students in New York City will receive in-person instruction two or three days a week, city officials announced Wednesday.

Social distancing recommendations mean most schools won’t be able to have all their students in the building at the same time, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, said at a press conference on Wednesday.