New York Auto Show canceled amid Delta variant worries

WASHINGTON - Organizers on Wednesday canceled the New York Auto Show that had been set for later this month amid rising COVID-19 cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus amid rethinking of return to offices schedules.

The 10-day public show and press previews that had been set to start August 19 typically draw thousands of journalists from around the world and more than 1 million ticket buyers. The show's return, which had been delayed from the originally planned April 2021, was announced in June with great fanfare by state and city officials as a sign of the state's "significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reductions in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations."