#NYC could begin Phase Three on July 6, Mayor de Blasio says

New York City is on track to hit Phase Three on July 6 — a move that would reopen parks, dog runs and sports fields for the summer.

“The data is telling us yes right now,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday at his daily press briefing.

Under Phase Three, basketball, tennis, handball, bocce and volleyball courts would reopen, as well as soccer fields and dog runs, the mayor said.

“We have to help our young people. We have to make this summer better for them,” de Blasio added.

Dine-in service at restaurants can also resume at reduced capacity as part of Phase Three.

New York City remains well below the thresholds to continue slowly reopening — there were 60 hospitalizations for suspected COVID-19 and 329 patients in ICU, as of Thursday. Two percent of New Yorkers have tested positive for the virus.