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Masks Off: New York Is ‘Back From Our Pandemic Sabbatical’
Restaurants, businesses say city is getting back to normal as Covid cases statewide plunge 93% from omicron surge.
Pedestrians in the Times Square neighborhood of New York.
Photographer: Amir Hamja/BloombergNew York City is starting to feel normal again.
Restaurant reservations are getting harder to come by. Offices are filling up. Theater-goers are returning to shows ahead of the Tony awards season. And on Wednesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the state would drop its mask mandate for most businesses starting on Thursday, providing what restaurateurs, property owners and small businesses called a clear sign that a post-omicron revival is on the horizon.