Greenville New Year's Eve party plans change amid COVID surge Zoe Nicholson and Lillia Callum-Penso, Greenville News This article has been updated to add additional context to comments by Skylor Hoffman. Mayor Knox White has asked for state law enforcement to help Greenville police enforce COVID-19 rules on mask wearing, alcohol consumption and capacity limits on New Year's Eve — a move that comes as hospital beds across the Upstate fill and frontline workers are strained. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, after plans for several parties circulated on social media, White and officials from the Greenville Police Department and the area's largest hospital systems called on people not to attend New Year's Eve parties with people from outside their households.