De Blasio promises ‘amazing summer’ in NYC and insists reopening will happen

Mayor Bill de Blasio insisted Monday the Big Apple will be prepared for full reopening by the beginning of July — as New York reached its lowest COVID-19 positivity rate in months and the city’s residents continue to get vaccinated. 

“Look, we are going to be ready July 1. Eight weeks from now, New York City is going to come back, because we are making incredible progress,” Hizzoner said on Spanish-language TV network Telemundo’s morning show, “Hoy Día.” “New Yorkers want a reopening, and they’re actually doing something about it, going out and getting vaccinated in extraordinary numbers.