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NEW York City roared back to life on Wednesday as businesses began operating at 100 percent capacity and fully vaccinated people were finally allowed to ditch their masks.

Residents of the Big Apple responded to the easing of the city's Covid-19 restrictions by flocking to bars, restaurants, and parks in largely maskless droves as temperatures soared into the mid-80s.

NYC was one of the hardest-hit cities during the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, and for a long time was considered the US epicentre of the virus.

For the last 13 months, the city has been under some of the strictest measures in the country, forcing the so-called "city that never sleeps" into an uncharacteristic slumber.

But finally, the city turned a page on the pandemic yesterday as vaccinated New Yorkers were able to shed their masks and abandon social distancing, both indoors and outside in large groups.

Businesses such as restaurants, retail stores, gyms, barbershops and many others were also allowed to operate at full capacity so long as social distancing could be practiced inside.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the city's reopening a key milestone in the state's fightback against coronavirus in a statement earlier this week.

"This means that, 399 days after New York was the first state in the country to implement a mask mandate, effective today, fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to use a face covering in most public places," Cuomo said.

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