September 1, 2023: Evening Roundup

New York City schools are preparing for a potential school bus strike, days ahead of the first day of school. Plus, the MTA has removed a feature from its tap-and-go payment system, OMNY, after privacy advocates raised alarm. And finally, WNYC’s Sean Carlson talks with Empire Center researcher Bill Hammond about New York City’s first wave of COVID-19 in the Spring of 2020. A recent analysis called it one of the deadliest outbreaks of the virus in the world.