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NYC ready to ring in New Year's Eve in Times Square. How officials plan to keep people safe
It's almost time for New Year's Eve in Times Square, and NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD held a safety briefing Monday.
What to Know About Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Times Square
New York’s ball-drop celebration is more than a century old. One important fact about this year: You are likely to get wet.
New Year's Eve in Times Square: no umbrellas and more rules for celebrating
The New Year’s Eve weather forecast calls for showers on Tuesday night — but anyone ringing in the new year in Times Square won’t be allowed to bring along an umbrella. Thousands of people will pack into Times Square to watch the ball drop at midnight to witness the iconic moment.
Times Square organizers test confetti ahead of New Year's Eve celebration
Times Square on New Year's Eve, including some with written wishes, but organizers are testing the process ahead of the big night.
New Year's Eve: Here's who's performing in Times Square
Before the ball drops, revelers in New York City can spend the waning hours of New Year's Eve watching performers celebrate the beginning of 2025. Here's who's performing this year in Times Square.
5 things to know about the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square
As NYC prepares for the 2025 New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, here's a look at how the holiday tradition got started.
People say "good riddance" to 2024 at annual Times Square event
Saturday was the day to say "good riddance" to any negativity in 2024. For almost 20 years, people have taken part in the Times Square tradition, hoping to erase the bad in hopes of a better new year.
Good Riddance Day celebrated in Times Square by wiping the slate clean of 2024 regrets
Good Riddance Day is inspired by a Latin American custom, dating to the 1890s, in which celebrants of New Year's stuff dolls with lamentable memories of the dwindling year before setting the object aflame.
Times Square New Year's Eve ball unveiled for 2025 celebration
Organizers of the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration screwed the last crystals onto the ball before it ushers in the new year one last time.
NYPD drones will hover over Times Square ball drop as cops prep for massive crowds
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NYC pledges ‘tremendous’ police deployment on New Year’s Eve — including drones
For those planning on joining the mania, be advised: New Year’s Eve is forecast to be wet and unseasonably warm. Despite the ...
NYC getting ready to ring in the New Year in Times Square
An estimated one million revelers are expected to pack the Crossroads of the World to see the ball drop Tuesday night. CBS ...
RXR, SL Green, Apollo bringing 942 resi units to Times Square
RXR, SL Green and Apollo Global Management will convert the 39-story office building at 5 Times Square into a 942-unit ...
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Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop: What to know about celebration, how to watch
The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered in Waterford Crystal triangles and illuminated by LED lights. The ball drop tradition began in 1907 and has evolved over ...
Hundreds swarm Times Square to bid ‘Good Riddance’ to bedbugs, menopause, exes and more before the new year
New Yorkers and tourists gathered in Times Square Saturday to bid “Good Riddance” to bedbugs, belly weight, loud neighbors ...
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NYPD ramps up security—including more drones—for Times Square New Year’s Eve bash; currently there are 'no specific, credible threats'
With over 1 million visitors anticipated to pack Times Square for the New Year’s Eve ball drop, Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD announced comprehensive security plans to ensure public safety on Monday.