Just weeks after New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced it was beginning its largest capital program ever, COVID-19 hit the region, and the area quickly became the epicenter of the coronavirus infection in the U.S.
As the state grappled with the public health crisis, work on MTA projects slowed or halted so that sites could get up to speed with new safety protocols including social distancing practices, enhanced cleaning, health screenings for jobsite employees and teleworking for and MTA office workers.
