From News Nation:
“Times Square reopening for
New Year’s Eve celebration”
Crowds will once again fill New
York’s Times Square this New Year’s Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination
required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person, Mayor Bill de
Blasio announced Tuesday. “Yes, we are proud to announce that Times Square,
wonderful celebration in Times Square, the ball drop, everything, coming back
full strength the way we love it,” de Blasio said at a virtual news briefing.
“Hundreds of thousands of people there to celebrate. We can finally get back
together again. It’s going to be amazing.” Tom Harris, president of the Times
Square Alliance, said all spectators aged 5 and over will be asked to show
proof of full vaccination. People who can’t be vaccinated because of a
disability will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, he said. The
New Year’s Eve celebration, perhaps the city’s most iconic public gathering,
was a socially distant affair during the height of the pandemic last year. There
were no packed crowds of giddy revelers, jammed together cheek-by-jowl. Instead
there were mostly empty streets as officials told people to stay home and watch
the ball drop on television. Entertainers including Jennifer Lopez performed
behind police barricades to small groups made up of essential workers. With the
advent of vaccines, the city’s public celebrations have been on the upswing in
2021. The Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks once again welcomed crowds to gather
and watch as fireworks lit up the sky, and some parades have returned to city
streets. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will also be returning to pre-COVID
form, with giant balloons guided by volunteer handlers making their way through
the event’s Manhattan parade route, instead of the one-block stretch they were
kept to last year.
^ It’s good to see things
returning to normal in NYC especially with Thanksgiving and New Year’s. ^
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