New York Mayor Announces City to Open Fully on July 1 Without Restrictions for Covid-19

• By Wayne Rodrigo
• (General Dispatch) – Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City is betting everything that the city can reopen this July 1st, leaving behind the covid-19 restrictions applied as a security measure for more than a year.

• Apparently, everything is ready for stores, theaters and offices to open their doors without any inconvenience, a measure taken after the vaccination against the coronavirus has been administered to a large part of the population.

• It is important to mention that it is not known if schools and other educational centers of all levels will be able to return to normal, because this is a decision that is up to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

• Initially, Blasio plans to lift the restrictions in response to President Joe Biden’s call to boost the country’s economy after the pandemic.

• However, health officials are expressing concern about a Romanian variant that is causing new disruptions in several cities in other countries and are urging the mayor to consider the measure.

• Undoubtedly, the city of New York needs to give continuity to the lifting of the restrictions, and it is doing it in a progressive way, the purpose is to continue strengthening the economic recovery that is beginning.

• To this end, the city’s commercial sector is establishing certain agreements to develop the work dynamics that will be in effect as of July 1 and that will guarantee jobs once again.

• Although the decision is not officially a fact, the probabilities that it will be fulfilled are quite high, which gives hope that the mayor will issue the executive order in the coming days.

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