‘Ghost Town:' NYC Empties Out in Face of Coronavirus

New Yorkers seem to be heeding the government’s advice to practice social distancing and not go where they don’t need to go — leaving America’s largest city looking a little like a ghost town Friday. Public spaces normally packed with people like Times Square and the New York subway system were eerily empty, and some shop shelves looked like they’d been ransacked. The MTA announced Friday ridership was down 19 percent, while the LIRR was down more than 30 percent.