NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- It appears that the identity of this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been leaked, and as usual, it's a show-stopper.
The tree will come from Oneonta in upstate New York, according to multiple local reports, including AllOtsego.com, which published an article shared by the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce.
The tree is a nearly 100-foot Norwegian spruce owned by a local businessman, located at 3851 State Highway 23 in Oneonta, according to NewYorkUpstate.com.
Workers from Lynn Warren Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping in Newburgh began last week working on the tree, which photos appear to illustrate, AllOtsego.com reported.
New York State Police spokeswoman Aga Dembinska told AllOtsego.com she would "neither confirm nor deny" that the tree is headed to Rockefeller Center. And Sandy Moore, manager of Daddy Al’s, a general store owned by the tree's owner, said he was "not allowed to talk about it."
1010 WINS has reached out to Rockefeller Center for comment on the reports.
Mayor Bill de Blasio told 1010 WINS' Juliet Papa during his Tuesday briefing that the looming threat of a second COVID-19 wave means "extra precautions" will be take at the tree's lighting on Friday, Dec. 4.
"I think people understand that we have to be really careful with the danger of a second wave, but we're going to take extra precautions to make sure that if people are trying to go by to see it, that we can keep it to the right number of folks at any given time," de Blasio said.
He added, "This is something really special each year for this city, and, I don't know about you, but I still have a kind of childlike wonder when the light's gone in that tree each year. You know, it brings back something very special for me. And we want that to be a great experience, especially in the middle of everything people are dealing with."