AROUND TOWN
Party on!
Thousands of maskedup
revelers welcome in
2022 in Times Square
PHOTOS BY ADRIAN CHILDRESS
Even with the Omicron variant raging, thousands
of New Yorkers were back in Times Square on
New Year’s Eve to watch the ball drop and ring
in 2022.
After the 2021 festivities were closed to all but a
handful of revelers due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
the 2022 celebration gave upwards of 15,000 people
the chance to once again welcome the new year in the
“crossroads of the world” — though everyone attendA
classic moment: the arrival of 2022 in New York City. ing was required to be fully vaccinated and mask up.
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