Indoor dining in New York City will not be happening

Indoor dining in New York City will not be happening

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters after visiting New Bridges Elementary School to observe pandemic-related safety procedures, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Teachers are ramping up pressure on New York City to reconsider its drive to reopen the nation's largest public school system Sept. 10, with their union presenting a list of safety demands. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Indoor dining in New York City will not be happening until a “huge step forward” is taken against the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.

“I pray for and expect a vaccine in the spring that will allow us all to get more back to normal,” he said. “I will absolutely tell you… we’re going to keep looking for that situation where we can push down the virus enough where we would have more ability to address indoor dining. We’ll have more to say on that in the coming days. But it would take a huge step forward to get to that point, that’s the truth.”

Indoor dining resumed on Long Island in June

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