rkefrat, our communist mayor is many things, but he is NOT in charge of the subways, so he had nothing to do with their remaining open.
Also, it is not true that the MTA ran fewer trains because of lower ridership. The MTA is running as close to a normal schedule as it can; the reason for the service reduction is that many workers are off sick (or unfortunately dead).
And closing the subways is not a realistic option. Too many people depend on it to get where they HAVE to go. The city can’t function without it.