New York City schools will have no remote option this fall

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: Some 1 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.