A scaled-back crowd will embrace the new year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — at the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.
Mayor Bill de Blasio will likely be remembered on how he lead the city through the pandemic and his contentious relationship with the NYPD.
The annual ball drop takes place Friday, as the clock ticks into midnight and ushers in the new year, an occasion usually commemorated with Champagne, clinking pints, joyous embraces and hopes for better times ahead.Mayor-elect Eric Adams has no choice but to hit the ground running, as when he begins his term as mayor he will take o the formidable task of helping New York City through the latest COVID surge and eventually, sheparding the city out of the pandemic.
But Mayor Bill de Blasio, who will relinquish oversight of the nation's most populous city at the stroke of midnight, said the festivities at Times Square would "show the world that New York City is fighting our way through this." "I feel a lot more hopeful than I was last year because I think we have a lot more facilities" to handle the pandemic, said Mary, 20.
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