Just over a month after Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said the festivities would be “coming back full strength” to ring in 2022, his office detailed a pared-down plan in a news release. Viewing areas will be capped at 15,000 instead of the average 58,000. Proof of full vaccination will be required, as was planned for the larger celebration, and masks will be, too. Spectators won’t be allowed entry until 3 p.m., later than in past years.