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New York City mayor says he plans to "fully reopen" the city on July 1

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he plans to “fully reopen” the city on July 1.

 
“We are ready for stores to open for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full strength," he said on MSNBC Thursday.

When asked if that even included indoor dining, de Blasio said “based on all the progress that we’ve made in this city, we can go back to full strength.”

Asked if Broadway would be ready to go by July 1 he said it “takes time because they have to mount a whole production.” While most of Broadway is aiming for September he notes “some of the smaller shows might be able to come in earlier.”

And when pressed on whether or not the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could intervene and stop what the mayor intends regarding full opening, de Blasio said that federal and state governments “always have a say."

“I’m saying as leader of NYC we’re ready to come back and come back strong," he said. “We know the vaccination effort is going to grow and grow, we got to keep working hard at that but what’s amazing is every single day we’re beating back Covid more and more.”

He also said now that vaccination sites are accepting individuals without an appointment, he adds “walk in reality is changing everything.” 

“We do have work to do, I want to emphasize,” he continued. “Anyone who likes what I’m saying, help us out by going out and getting vaccinated if you haven’t already,” he said. ...

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