City DOT reduces Staten Island Ferry service, citing workforce uptick in cases of COVID-19

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Headways are set to remain at 30 minutes at all other times, though the Department of Transportation warns that some overnight boats may be canceled.

A Staten Island ferry passes the Statue of Liberty.The Staten Island Ferry will run less frequently in the coming days amid a shortage of workers that city officials have blamed on the uptick in COVID-19 cases.the modified schedule online, noting cuts would impact service between 6 and 9 a.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. through July 26th. During those times, the bright orange boats will be available every 20 minutes – as opposed to every 15 minutes.

Headways are set to remain at 30 minutes at all other times, though the Department of Transportation warned that some overnight boats may be canceled. Lower level boarding on the subway will also be limited to those with wheelchairs or bicycles.in New York in recent weeks, an uptick that experts have blamed on the rise of the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5.

But while the city cast blame for the cutbacks on the virus, an official with the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, the union that represents ferry workers, that “woefully low wages and high competition in maritime jobs” were also to blame for the staff shortage.

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