On Dec. 23, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a scaled-back version of this New Year’s festivities due to the rapidly spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus. Instead of 58,000 attendees, the outdoor event will only have 15,000 attendees, who must show proof of vaccination.
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