New York Lifts More COVID-19 Rules as It Hits Vaccination Mark

New York Lifts More COVID-19 Rules as It Hits Vaccination Mark
Fireworks explode over New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty as New York state marks the end of the COVID-19 restrictions and honor frontline workers, in New York City on June 15, 2021.Craig Ruttle/AP Photo
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70 percent of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining social distancing rules and shooting off fireworks.

“What does 70 percent mean? It means that we can now return to life as we know it,” Cuomo told an invitation-only crowd at the World Trade Center in Manhattan.