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New York City schools to close Monday to fight coronavirus

by Associated Press
| March 15, 2020 4:05 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will close the nation's largest public school system Monday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of coronavirus, the city's mayor announced Sunday.

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