The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said Thursday that authorities plan to “fully reopen” the city on July 1 after more than a year of US-induced closures. coronavirus and reduced performance.
“We are ready for stores to open, for companies to open offices, theaters, in full force,” De Blasio told MSNBC.
The mayor said that much of his optimism that the country’s largest city can return to a normal level of operation is that 6.3 million doses of vaccines have been administered in the city of some 8.3 million people.
“What we are seeing is that people have been vaccinated in extraordinary numbers,” he said. “We know that the vaccination effort is going to grow and grow (…) We have to keep working hard on that,” he said.
It was not immediately clear how the mayor’s plans would fit with those of the state government, which controls operating restrictions on restaurants and other businesses.
The Broadway theaters They have begun reopening this month for special events before limited audiences indoors. Many growers are targeting June 1 for reopening.
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