{"id":1136916,"date":"2021-12-21T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136916"},"modified":"2021-12-21T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:04:50","slug":"nyc-mayor-de-blasio-considers-harsh-new-year-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-de-blasio-considers-harsh-new-year-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC\u00a0Mayor\u00a0de Blasio Considers Harsh New Year Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayor-de-blasio-considers-harsh-new-year-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1191447041-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York&nbsp;City&nbsp;Mayor&nbsp;Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday flagged the possibility of a series of harsh restrictions to be imposed on revelers heading to Times Square to welcome in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown threat follows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/bill-de-blasio-times-square-nye-celebration\/\">announcement<\/a> last month from de Blasio that prohibited unvaccinated individuals from attending the annual mass public event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRight now, it is on, fully vaccinated, outdoors of course,\u201d de Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/new-years-eve-details-york-city-times-square-2022\/11360867\/\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>ABC&nbsp;<\/em>on Monday. \u201cThat\u2019s the plan. And if we need to make any more modifications, we will decide that within the course of this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio is an avid supporter of the vaccine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/807-21\/mayor-de-blasio-vaccine-mandate-private-sector-workers-major-expansions-to\">stated<\/a> earlier this month that \u201cvaccination is the way out of this pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He has also taken a tough approach with those who have refused to take part in the vaccination drive. In November 2021 put about 9,000 NYC municipal workers on unpaid leave for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/holdouts-dig-in-as-nyc-vaccine-mandate-takes-effect\/\">refusing to comply<\/a> with a coronavirus vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.560553633218\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We know vaccine mandates work \u2014 New York City is proof of that. Now let&#8217;s go even further.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m urging <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovKathyHochul<\/a> to institute an MTA vaccine mandate. Let&#8217;s do what we can to keep our city, our residents, and our workforce safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1463211458813120512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The talk of new restrictions comes as the New York area has been hit with a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases over the last week with an increase to 510.82 cases per 100,000 people reported on Sunday 19th December, up from&nbsp;198.72 per 100,000 recorded the week before, the <em>AM New York Metro&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/crunching-the-covid-19-numbers-delta-and-omicron-variants-send-virus-cases-skyrocketing-across-nyc\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This rapid increase is reportedly due to the omicron variant which makes up an estimated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/omicron-dominates-in-u-s-claiming-73-of-fresh-coronavirus-cases\/\">90 percent or more<\/a>\u201d of cases in the New York area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3317073170732\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio danced with his wife in Times Square on New Year&#8217;s Eve while keeping the rest of New York out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGGLq9vmMi\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZGGLq9vmMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1345223929451995136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The potential threat of cancellation or new restrictions follows the celebrations last year where New Yorkers&nbsp;and out-of-towners alike were prohibited from attending the event in person.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor de Blasio and his wife were excepted from the wider public restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>They danced with each other while wearing masks in an empty Times Square, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/01\/watch-bill-de-blasio-dances-in-times-square-while-keeping-new-yorkers-out\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR0EX9peJ3p6d09cf1H1LyJTC-UtyKD8RonSLnkD0WFeSevqikiHHOejTys\">\u201cbarricaded\u201d<\/a> by police who were present to prevent \u201cunauthorized people from gathering.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u00a0City\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday flagged the possibility of a series of harsh restrictions to be imposed on revelers heading to Times Square to welcome in the New &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}