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New York City to reopen elementary schools, removing positivity threshold

By Tyler Van Dyke
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New York City to reopen elementary schools, removing positivity threshold

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said elementary schools will reopen despite the fact that the city crossed the mayor’s 3% test positivity threshold earlier this month.

“Reopening our @NYCSchools buildings is paramount to recovering from #COVID19,” de Blasio said in a Sunday tweet, announcing that he would open 3-K, pre-K, and K-5 schools beginning Dec. 7.

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