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Story: At Home store opens fi rst New York City
location at Rego Center mall
Summary: At Home, a major national home goods
store, opened its fi rst New York City location at the
Rego Center mall last month.
Reach: 105,768 (as of 5/3/21)
Making it our summer
It won’t be the “Summer of Love”
of the late 1960s, or the “Summer of
George” of Seinfeld fame. But this
coming season will be the “Summer
of New York City,” according to
Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Th e mayor made that pronouncement
last week in setting a goal
for having the fi ve boroughs fully
opened to business, leisure, travelers,
entertainment and much more
by July 1.
De Blasio made the goal on the
basis of continued strong indicators
that the spread of COVID-19 is
dropping by the day. Th is happens as
vaccines continue getting into New
Yorkers’ arms — with more than 6.5
million doses administered to date.
Th e city sought to get ahead of the
various variants fl oating around the
fi ve boroughs, putting the lives and
health of all in jeopardy. Th e vaccination
eff ort, though it was off to a
bumpy start, has hit full stride, and
the proof is in the continued spread
reductions.
For the fi rst time in more than a
year, New York is ahead of the curve
on COVID-19 — and potentially for
good. However, it all depends upon
whether we continue not only to follow
the health protocols a little longer,
but also to get the vaccine itself.
Th e two-shot Pfi zer and Moderna
remedies have an effi cacy rate of
more than 90 percent, according to
the Centers for Disease Control. Th e
one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine,
even with the rare blood clot
warning, has a 66 percent effi cacy
rate and is 100 percent eff ective at
avoiding serious illness, hospitalization
or death among those who contract
COVID-19.
Th e vaccines work; its benefi ts far
outweigh the risk of side eff ects.
Yet plenty of New Yorkers may still
be hesitant about receiving it — to
the point where de Blasio spoke of
potentially off ering an incentive program
to get more people inoculated.
But what better incentive can
there be than a revived New York
City of old — the way we enjoyed it
all the way back in 2019?
What better incentive can there
be than to be able to go to a ballgame,
eat at a restaurant, enjoy a
movie or musical, or do anything in
this town without worrying about
being infected by a potentially deadly
virus?
Th is can and should be the
“Summer of New York City” — and
it will be if we all do our part to protect
ourselves, and each other.
Th at means getting vaccinated.
Photo by Dean Moses
Mayor Bill de Blasio said this coming season will be the “Summer of New York City.”
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