New York Lifting COVID Restrictions: NYC Tourism Replace

This week’s breaking news is the governor’s announcement that most COVID restrictions will be lifted when New York hits 70% adult vaccination. In just two weeks, we could be through with capacity constraints, social distancing, cleaning requests, health checkups, and contact tracing. The city is changing so quickly, but that will accelerate it. Further evidence is:

The mayor has a celebration of the return of the city with a “Homecoming week“In August. The crown jewel will be a concert in Central Park with Clive Davis helping the talent arguing. Expect serious stars with New York connections. Do you think that’s not driving tourism to the city?”

LEAF, a new annual flower festival, takes place Saturday and Sunday in the Meatpacking. There will be a European-style flower market, flower installations, and retail and dining activities throughout the neighborhood. Photo: Kevin Alexander, @kevinalexanderphoto for LEAF.

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Looking for comprehensive coverage of the city? Everything to do with NYC Facebook group brings together 32,000 city superfans to share what they are experiencing in the city. This week we have a lot of information about that Opening of the Harry Potter store, including the waiting time of several hours – and the virtual ticket system with which you can experience this waiting time somewhere next to a hot sidewalk. There was a nice snapshot of the store too Gift prices and options. Other news included an interesting back and forth about the merits of the city’s newest park, Small island. If you are not yet a member, come with us– Make sure your venue gets the respect it deserves in comments.