nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Amid Rising Cases, New York City Shuts Its Schools — Again||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Mayor Bill de Blasio had said he would close schools at a testing positivity rate of 3%, and stuck to his position. Not everyone is happy.

Students line up outside P.S. 179 in the Kensington section of Brooklyn, New York, to have their temperature checked on the first day of in-person instruction Sept. 29. New York City public schools are halting in-person instruction Thursday.



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Amid Rising Cases, New York City Shuts Its Schools — Again

Mayor Bill de Blasio had said he would close schools at a testing positivity rate of 3%, and stuck to his position. Not everyone is happy.