Bill De Blasio is a man that knows he’s the laughing stock of New York City and his latest presser is a shining example as to why. According to De Blasio, New York City (despite falling hospital admissions and the like) won’t actually fully open until roughly September.
The city is reportedly racing to meet the 7 laid out requirements in place by the Governor so that they can actually reopen. However, De Blasio claims that such will take at least until September. Those requirements range from roughly 2.5k contact tracers; an increase in free hospital beds, and more.
As of Tuesday, 170,534 confirmed cases of the virus have been reported within the boundaries of New York City. There have been13,536 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and at least 5.3.k presumed deaths from the virus all together.
Neither Cuomo nor De Blasio ‘s office publicly confirmed exactly how many tracers have been actually hired, but they appear to be following suit of other cities and even some countries (i.e the UK.)
During an interview with Inside City Hall, De Blasio placed his own bets on a full reopening sometime in September.
‘I believe right now we’re on a good track for the thing I’m focused on the most, which is getting us up and running and as much normal as we can be by the beginning of September when school begins, I want to see school come back strong.
‘I want to see us do the work over the next few months to get to that point. It’s also a natural time when people are coming back from the summer, sort of have everything get into higher gear.
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