Outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to bring back the New Year's Eve throng to Times Square, which was canceled last year because to the Covid-19 epidemic.
"Hundreds of thousands of people will come to celebrate, we can finally connect again, it will be amazing," said New York's departing Democratic mayor, Bill de Blasio, on Tuesday, November 16. Bill de Blasio, on the other hand, as soon as it was established that "evidence of vaccination" will be required to enter the premises. The only exceptions are children under the age of five and adults who have a medical incompatibility with the vaccination, who must give a negative test within 72 hours.
The Times Square ball is a symbol of a new year and renewed optimism.
Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations, which have been held since the beginning of the twentieth century, are iconic of America's cultural and tourist center; images of its fireworks tour the globe in addition to being aired in the United States.
Last year, however, the famed Ball Drop (the drop of a gigantic ball followed by a count kicking off the new year) and confetti release took place in an empty space, with the party taking place exclusively for television. and a few "important employees" and their families, in recognition of their contributions during the Covid-19 crisis.
In the spring of 2020, the metropolis of more than 8 million people was the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States and had to shut down because its hospitals were swamped with sick people and several hundred fatalities each day. More than 34,000 individuals have died from Covid-19 in the American megalopolis since the outbreak began.