There'll be street closures, detours and other driving restrictions, including unannounced traffic freezes.

'There will be hundreds of motorcades moving around the city, sometimes simultaneously,' NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Despite there being no treat, police are monitoring the events going on around the world because those events will impact the type of protest that can happen here, and thousands of officers will be spread out throughout the city, including traffic officers.ĪLSO READ | Why a New Jersey teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 52 years The police department says it has worked on the security plans for about a year. This year, the city will welcome 140 heads of states. The NYPD says this will be the largest UN General Assembly in recent years.

Nearly double the diplomats and world leaders will attend this year's general assembly, that's because leaders are required to attend in person. MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) - The largest United Nations General Assembly in years will mean the return of gridlock alerts surrounding the conference.

And, finally, Streetsblog's Dave Colon led the inter-office battle for most write-in votes for mayor.The NYPD is preparing for the largest United Nations General Assembly in years, and is warning people about the return of gridlock alerts.Please remember that our December donation drive kicks off today.(That said, our old man editor, who made the plunge back when years still had two zeroes in them, was berating the younger members of the Streetsblog staff who have failed to swim on New Year's Day.) the same story that the paper could have written literally every year since the turn of the last century. 1 Polar Bear Club plunge into the frigid waters off Coney Island. Speaking of community newspapers, the Brooklyn Paper did the ultimate dog-bites-man story, previewing the annual Jan.Believe it or not, the Times did a preview of tonight's tree lighting, which read a little bit like a community newspaper story run through a thesaurus.Where are we on the whole propane heater debate? ( Gothamist).Overtime reform is apparently failing at the MTA.A judge cleared the way for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project to move forward.In other news from a day so slow that we took a long lunch and got back to our desks to find that the only pink, 'While You Were Away' note was from our accountant: It's probably safe to say he's not thinking about it at this point.) (Reminder: Reporters have been asking Mayor de Blasio about mandatory, gridlock-busting HOV lanes on city bridges, but all he ever says is that he's 'thinking' about it. ROCKEFELLER TREE LIGHTING CERMONYManhattan: At the discretion of NYPDLocation:46th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue47th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue48th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue49th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue50th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue51st Street between 5th Avenue and 6th AvenueRockefeller Plaza between 48th Street and 51st Street6th Avenue between 46th Street and 52nd Street5th Avenue between 46th Street and 52nd Street Closure: At the discretion of NYPD We got an email last week from the NYPD entitled (ominously), 'HOLIDAY SEASON GRIDLOCK ALERT UNTIL JANUARY 2, 2022.' The email made it clear that the majority of New Yorkers would be forced to be inconvenienced by the minority that choose to congest our roadways - and the epicenter of the carnage would be today for the lighting of the evergreen at 30 Rock, according to the NYPD email: It's the first Wednesday of December, which means we've entered 'Gridlock Alert Month,' which is another way of saying the de Blasio administration has surrendered to car drivers who believe unfettered auto access to every inch of the city, no matter the needs of any other resident, is a birthright. So please click this link or the icon above.

Gridlock alert day sign