Times Square Is Back Open on New Year’s Eve, With Vaccine Proof

Times Square Is Back Open on New Year’s Eve, With Vaccine Proof
Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, in New York, early Jan. 1, 2021. Craig Ruttle/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Crowds will once again fill New York’s Times Square this New Year’s Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

“Yes, we are proud to announce that Times Square, wonderful celebration in Times Square, the ball drop, everything, coming back full strength the way we love it,” de Blasio said at a virtual news briefing. “Hundreds of thousands of people there to celebrate. We can finally get back together again. It’s going to be amazing.”