“We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full-strength,” de Blasio said Thursday. That will likely include “full-strength” indoor dining, he added, “based on all the progress that we’ve made in this city.”
De Blasio cited fewer hospitalizations, a climbing vaccination rate and walk-in vaccine availability around the city as the reasons behind the optimistic reopening strategy.
“This is going to be the summer of NYC,” the mayor said.
“I’m saying as leader of NYC we’re ready to come back and come back strong,” de Blasio responded. “We know the vaccination effort is going to grow and grow, we got to keep working hard at that but what’s amazing is every single day we’re beating back Covid more and more.”
Broadway may take a bit longer to light up, de Blasio said, but theaters are on track to reopen in September because of the time it takes to mount a full production.
“We do have work to do, I want to emphasize,” de Blasio said. “Anyone who likes what I’m saying, help us out by going out and getting vaccinated if you haven’t already.”
Source: CNNPolitics – Breaking News
