Schools, Colleges will remain shut for complete academic year in New York state

Schools throughout New York State will remain shuttered through the end of the school year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Friday, confirming what educators, union leaders and Mayor Bill de Blasio had said was inevitable weeks earlier.

“We don’t think it’s possible” to reopen schools “in a way that would



keep our children and students and educators safe,” Mr. Cuomo said.

Mr. de Blasio announced April 11 that New York City’s 1,800 public schools would not reopen until September, but Mr. Cuomo said he alone had the authority to rule on school reopening dates, and said the mayor’s ruling was merely his “opinion.”