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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City will “fully reopen” on July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday morning. The mayor said this would lift capacity limits for places under restriction, like bars, restaurants, theaters, museums and gyms. READ MORE: Jersey City Public Schools Welcome Back Younger Students After 14-Month Shutdown “Our health care teams looked at the numbers. We’re well on the way,” de Blasio said on “Morning Joe.” “We’ve got some work to do, but I’m quite confident we’ll be ready for full strength by July 1.” BIG: NYC plans to fully reopen on July 1 @NYCMayor announces the new goal on @Morning_Joe — Bill Neidhardt (@BNeidhardt) April 29, 2021 READ MORE: Funeral Today For 16-Year-Old Jacqueline Zangrilli, Killed In Suffern Crash CBS2 has reached out to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to see if he will have final approval. The mayor is providing more details at his 10 a.m. press briefing. Watch live on CBSN New York. MORE NEWS: … [Read more...] about New York City To ‘Fully Reopen’ On July 1, Mayor De Blasio Says

Photo: Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday morning that New York City will roll back pandemic-era restrictions and officially reopen this summer. “Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1st,” de Blasio said during an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe . “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters — full strength.” This announcement means that restaurants, stores, museums, gyms, theaters, and stadiums will be able to open to 100 percent capacity. On the subject of schools, the mayor said the city is in a “good place right now” in terms of safety, and that he sees every single child back in school by September. De Blasio cited the high levels of vaccination as the reason why city residents can start looking forward to a sense of normalcy. “We know the vaccination effort’s gonna grow and grow. We gotta keep working hard at that. But what’s amazing is, every single day, we’re beating back COVID more … [Read more...] about Mayor de Blasio Plans to ‘Fully Reopen’ NYC on July 1

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) reacted to news that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) administration hid the death toll in nursing homes from coronavirus by re-iterating his call for Cuomo to resign and stating that between the nursing home and sexual harassment and assault scandals, “it doesn’t end. He just has to go.” De Blasio said, “Simply, Mika, he should resign. I’ve been saying this for months. He can’t continue to lead. Nursing home scandal, sexual harassment and assault scandal, using his staff to write his book, I mean, it’s just — it doesn’t end. He just has to go.” Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett … [Read more...] about De Blasio: Cuomo’s Scandals Don’t End, ‘He Just Has to Go’

New York City, once the U.S. epicenter of the Chinese coronavirus, will “fully reopen” on July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced Thursday. “Our plan is to fully reopen on July 1,” he announced during a Thursday appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe . “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters — full strength.” “Because look, what we’re seeing is people have gotten vaccinated in extraordinary numbers,” he said, noting the number is 6.3 million in NYC to date. The Democrat governor attributed the plan to fully reopen to the ongoing vaccination effort, which he said is going to “grow and grow.” “We gotta keep working hard at that,” he said: “Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1” — @NYCMayor pic.twitter.com/2CqSC9XqJr — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) April 29, 2021 The announcement is significant, as the city has not been fully opened for over a year. The first shutdowns began in March 2020. According to the U.S. … [Read more...] about Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Plans to ‘Fully Reopen’ NYC on July 1

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City is launching a new “Mental Health for All” initiative. Mayor Bill de Blasio says all city-sponsored vaccination sites will soon offer mental health support with outreach workers to anyone who gets a shot. “Let’s got the extra mile. Let’s check in. Let’s see how they’re doing, and if they are going through mental health challenges, as so many people are in this crisis, let’s make sure that they get that next step, that they get the help they need, that they get connected to it right then and there,” de Blasio said Thursday. Watch Mayor de Blasio’s daily COVID briefing — The mayor says the program will begin in the coming weeks, and starting in September, every student in New York City public schools will receive mental health screenings . … [Read more...] about Mayor de Blasio: City-Sponsored COVID Vaccination Sites Will Offer Mental Health Support