NYC councilman urges Bill de Blasio to cancel the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square

Welp:

100% agree. https://t.co/E2j5gQp37G

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 29, 2021

As of now, the party will go on:

The NYE Ball got a brand new look today for 2022! 192 new #Waterford Crystals were installed featuring this year’s design: “The Gift of Wisdom” 🧐#TimesSquare #NewYearsEve #BallDrop pic.twitter.com/4rPUKYfcVY

— Times Square (@TimesSquareNYC) December 27, 2021

Hospitalizations are on the rise in the city:

Actions NYC should take now to slow omicron:
* Advise people to work from home if they are able to (and offer flexibility of hybrid work to City employees)
* Cancel in-person crowd on New Year's Eve in Times Sq.
* Advise public against private in-person NYE's parties
(cont.)

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 29, 2021

He also wants de Blasio to urge people not to gather for private parties as well:

Actions NYC should take now to slow omicron:
* Advise people to work from home if they are able to (and offer flexibility of hybrid work to City employees)
* Cancel in-person crowd on New Year's Eve in Times Sq.
* Advise public against private in-person NYE's parties
(cont.)

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 29, 2021

And the pivot to N95 masks is fully underway, which accidentally exposes all the BS they said about cloth masks for over a year:

* Issue clear guidance that cloth masks aren't good enough. Must be KF94 or better
* Extend mask mandate to add'l venues (e.g. gyms, movie theaters)
* Distribute high quality masks and self-test kits at libraries, community centers, via mail etc.

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 29, 2021

What is “etc etc”? Is there some magical health measure we can take that we don’t know about yet?

* Deploy expanded fleet of mobile vax vans to areas with low booster rates
* Do more to boost vax rate among aged 5-11
* etc etc

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) December 29, 2021

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