The New York City Marathon, set to take place on November 1, has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns, organizers said on Wednesday. “Canceling this year’s New York City Marathon is incredibly disappointing for everyone involved, but it was clearly the course we needed to follow from a health and safety perspective,” said Michael Capiraso, president and CEO of New York Road Runners, the event’s organizers. Capiraso said he and other organizers had held out hope that the race could happen. “There was hope but there’s too much uncertainty, and given what we have seen the past few months, this was really the only decision,” said Capiraso.
