Anyone Swimming at NYC Beaches Will Be ‘Taken Right Out of the Water:’ Mayor de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a video press conference on New York's response to the CCP virus outbreak held at City Hall in New York City on March 19, 2020. William Farrington/Getty Images

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that swimmers at city beaches flouting COVID-19 restrictions would be hauled out of the water by authorities enforcing compliance.

Speaking at a briefing on COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, de Blasio said that “anyone [who] tries to get in the water, they’ll be taken right out of the water.”