What you should know
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to give details on Tuesday about what New Year’s Eve will be like in Times Square this year.
- But on Monday he revealed at least one key point in his daily COVID report on Monday: Times Square will not be empty.
- Ultimately, it looks like the end-of-the-year party will be a far cry from the crowd-free atmosphere that encapsulated the 2020 festivities. A small group of front-line workers were allowed to witness the ball drop in person last year. .
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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to elaborate Tuesday on what New Year’s Eve will look like in Times Square this year, but revealed at least one key point in his daily report. from COVID on Monday: Times Square will not be empty.
“It will be a great and wonderful celebration with clear and smart rules to keep people safe,” the mayor said when asked directly about the late 2021 celebration.
He declined to elaborate, despite repeated attempts by reporters to get him to share a little more information, but the world won’t have to wait long to find out.
It’s unclear what kind of “smart rules” the city might impose for the crowd, but recent city successes in reducing its COVID rates through vaccination, and requiring proof of vaccination or negative tests, in some cases , can play a role.
Ultimately, it looks like the New Year’s Eve party will be a far cry from the crowd-free atmosphere that encapsulated the 2020 festivities. Those occurred just before another significant wave of COVID-19 swept through the United States, and just as the first vaccines were available to healthcare and other front-line workers.
The message for partygoers who wanted to bring in the New Year in Times Square was simple: “Don’t come. Don’t even try to come there to see.”
A small group of front-line workers were allowed to witness the ball drop in person last year. All the celebrations and festivities were also broadcast live on television and online, and more than a ton of confetti fell.
This year, however, it will fall on the people rather than on the empty streets. Telemundo 47 will have details Tuesday about the mayor’s plans to keep the city safe, and still allow crowds to celebrate, next 2022 in person.
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