Adi Talwar
A mostly empty City College of New York campus on the evening of Tuesday April 7th. The City University of New York moved to distance-learning on March 19th for the remainder of the Spring semester to contain the spread of COVID-19.
College students say the switch to remote learning has been a hard adjustment. Some have considered taking a gap year if remote learning carries into future semesters, concerned with paying for standard tuition for online classes.
There were 238 commuter van drivers licensed with the city in 2017, according to TLC data.
Advocates are pushing back against the MTA’s plan to raise fares next year, saying straphangers shouldn’t be forced to pay more until lawmakers secure a plan to fund improvements for the city’s deteriorating transit system.