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‘Our schools are going to remain open’: Mayor Adams adamant about allowing in-person classes as COVID-19 cases start declining

By Isabel Song Beer Posted on January 18, 2022
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Mayor Eric Adams repeated on Tuesday something he’s been saying for weeks as COVID-19 cases ticked upward across the city: Public schools will not shut down.

“I don’t want anyone to get this mixed up,” Adams said during his first formal press briefing in the City Hall Blue Room on Jan. 18. “Our schools are going to remain open. We are not going to do anything that is going to stop our children from coming into schools.”

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‘Our schools are going to remain open’: Mayor Adams adamant about allowing in-person classes as COVID-19 cases start declining

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