Corona turned metropolis New York into a sleeping city, that’s how it goes there now

Manhattan, Times Square, Central Park and Fifth Avenue – for almost a year they were nothing more than a quiet setting. Abandoned because the terrified residents of New York sat indoors as much as possible.

32,000 New Yorkers did not survive corona, one in seven entrepreneurs in the city was killed. But gradually the streets of the city are coming back to life.

Starting July 1, the mayor wants to lift all corona restrictions, he said this week. Half a million inhabitants are vaccinated every week. Young entrepreneurs are seizing the reset to make their dreams come true.

But the city that never slept before is still not the old one. Correspondent Marieke de Vries takes you to the new New York:

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