New York City public schools "will be back in their classroom in September, all in-person, no remote," Mayor Bill de Blasio told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday.
Why it matters: Some1 million students in the country's largest public school district will return to class for five days a week in the city that was once the epicenter of the pandemic, where de Blasio now says "COVID is plummeting."
What they're saying: "We're almost to 8 million vaccination doses since day one. And it's just amazing to see the forward motion right now, the recovery that's happening in New York City," de Blasio said.
"But you can haven't a full recovery without full-strength schools, everyone back sitting in those classrooms, kids learning again. That's what we're going to have in September," he continued.
"We know, especially now, more and more kids and staff will get vaccinated. We've made vaccination available everywhere. It's time. It's really time to go full strength now."
