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editorial
Title: Police searching for man who allegedly
threatened to burn down a Fresh Meadows bagel shop
Summary: The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is
investigating a case of aggravated harassment after a
young man threatened to burn down a Fresh Meadows
kosher bagel emporium last week.
Reach: 5,454 (as of 11/19/2021)
Out with a bang
Th e surest sign yet of New York’s
recovery from COVID-19 is now
scheduled to take place on Dec. 31,
when Times Square again hosts a
raucous New Year’s Eve celebration
for hundreds of thousands of New
Yorkers.
It’s a return to the good old prepandemic
days, even as the fi ght
against this deadly virus continues.
Vaccinations and other measures have
brought the health crisis under control
and enabled the city to begin
resuming the kind of big events for
which we’re famous.
Th is new year’s party will not be
thrown without precautions taken
to prevent the spread of COVID-19,
Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Every reveler
will need to provide proof of full
vaccination; anyone with a medical
disability that precludes them from
being vaccinated must provide proof
of a negative COVID-19 test taken 72
hours or less before the event.
Ironically, the announcement comes
a day aft er Health Commissioner Dr.
Dave Chokshi recommended that
every New Yorker already vaccinated
against COVID-19 six months ago or
longer should also get a booster shot if
they haven’t already done so.
More than 600,000 vaccinated New
Yorkers have made that choice, and
it might be particularly wise for any
individual who got their vaccines
more than six months ago and wants
to party in Times Square to follow
Chokshi’s advice and get a booster
before the big day.
Without a doubt, Times Square’s
New Year’s Eve party will be the biggest
test yet of the city’s vaccination
program. Th ere’s tremendous hope
and confi dence that it will not be
a super-spreader event because of
the vaccination requirements, and
because the festivities are held outside.
Still, with hundreds of thousands of
people packed into the “Crossroads of
the World” for hours on end, the risk
remains. But the risk itself shouldn’t
stop any vaccinated individual who
wants to party down in Times Square
from doing so this New Year’s Eve.
New Year’s is a time for refl ection
and celebration. Considering how far
New York has come from this point
last year to now, we deserve a moment
to celebrate indeed.
We deserve to end this year of
accomplishment with a bang, rather
than the socially distanced whimper
heard at the end of 2020.
But let’s remember to celebrate safely.
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Revelers watch the performance from their social distanced pods in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31,
2020.
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