New York City aims to ‘fully reopen’ by July 1: Mayor

Bill de Blasio, the city’s mayor, set the date promising, ‘This will be the summer of New York City’.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he’s “ready for” businesses to “fully reopen” and he is setting a goal to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by July 1. “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full strength,” the Democratic mayor said on MSNBC. At a virtual news briefing later Thursday, he added: “This is going to be the summer of New York City. We are all going to get to enjoy this city again, and people are going to flock here from all over the country to be a part of this amazing moment.”