New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will proceed, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed today, but with tighter restrictions due to the Omicron outbreak. Capacity …
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New York partners with the non-profit Times Square Alliance, a coalition of business owners and other stakeholders, to put on the New Year’s event. In announcing the revised plan, the mayor’s office said it would continue to monitor the ongoing“New Yorkers have stepped up tremendously over the past year—we are leading the way on vaccinations, we have reopened safely, and every day we work toward building a recovery for all of us,” de Blasio said.
De Blasio’s eight-year run as mayor will end at midnight as the ball falls, as he passes the baton to Mayor-elect Eric Adams. “New York is the best place in the world to celebrate New Year’s Eve and now it will be one of the safest against Covid as well,” Adams said. “The Mayor has made the right move to take precautionary measures as we learn to live with Covid and fight the Omicron variant—and New Yorkers and visitors alike can now enjoy Times Square and the rest of our city as we ring in 2022.”
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