The Biden administration is releasing a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)NEW YORK The city that never sleeps had a curfew for much of last week. But after three bleak months, New York City will try to turn a page when it begins reopening Monday after getting hit first by the coronavirus, then an outpouring of rage over racism and police brutality. With the virus in check at least for now New York is easing restrictions that shut down schools, businesses and much of city life in March. All eyes will be on New York this next couple of months, said Bowles, executive director of the Center for an Urban Future. The city now has to prove that it really knows what its doing, that it can still be a dense city like New York and yet figure this out.Of course, New York City has had to prove itself before after its population decline and fiscal crisis in the 1970s, after its 1980s-90s crime peak, after 9/11.