Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNew York City is aiming to fully reopen on July 1, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, nearly a year-and-a-half after COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters, restaurants and most businesses were put in place.“Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1,” de Blasio said Thursday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters — full strength.” The final decision to fully reopen, he acknowledged, is up to the state.However, de Blasio has been encouraged by the increasing vaccination numbers.
He added that people have gotten vaccinated in “extraordinary numbers,” with 6.3 million people in the city receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to date.
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