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Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year

January 1, 2021
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New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. But the department’s playbook this year included an unusual mandate: preventing crowds of any size from gathering in Times Square.Citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, police closed the Crossroads of the World to vehicles and pedestrians at midnight and said they were prepared to disperse any onlookers venturing into a so-called “frozen zone” — the blocks surrounding the ball that historically draws shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. The coronavirus has upended public life for months, and New Year’s Eve was no different. This year, police said, revelers headed to Times Square weren’t permitted past police lines. “If you think you’re going to be able to stand there and watch the ball, you’re mistaken,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan said, referring to the glittering, crystal ball that descends down a flagpole in Times Square each New Year’s Eve to mark the stroke of midnight.The NYPD announced a two-part freeze that became more expansive at 3 p.m. Even guests at five hotels in the area were told to stay inside. Juanita Holmes, chief of patrol for the NYPD, urged would-be partygoers to ring in 2021 “from the comfort of your home.” “Coming to Times Square is a family tradition for some. It is a bucket list item for others. But this year is different,” she said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for everyone to stay home.”The Police Department still rolled out heavy weapons teams, explosive-sniffing dogs, drones and sand trucks. But it planned a drastically scaled-back presence in Times Square, including an 80% reduction in its typical workforce assigned to the area.“We always have to prepare for the worst in terms of counterterrorism overlays,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said, “but the crowds will not be like they were in other years.” This year’s celebration unfolded without the usual throngs of cheering, kissing revelers. Indeed, the event’s special guests, first responders and essential workers, watched the festivities from a private, well-spaced area.“It’s almost like a ‘Seinfeld’ episode,” Shea said, invoking the 1990s “show about nothing.”“This is a ball drop about nothing, where you can’t see,” he said, “so you may as well stay home.”

NEW YORK —

New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions.

But the department’s playbook this year included an unusual mandate: preventing crowds of any size from gathering in Times Square.

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Citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, police closed the Crossroads of the World to vehicles and pedestrians at midnight and said they were prepared to disperse any onlookers venturing into a so-called “frozen zone” — the blocks surrounding the ball that historically draws shoulder-to-shoulder crowds.

The coronavirus has upended public life for months, and New Year’s Eve was no different. This year, police said, revelers headed to Times Square weren’t permitted past police lines.

“If you think you’re going to be able to stand there and watch the ball, you’re mistaken,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan said, referring to the glittering, crystal ball that descends down a flagpole in Times Square each New Year’s Eve to mark the stroke of midnight.

The NYPD announced a two-part freeze that became more expansive at 3 p.m. Even guests at five hotels in the area were told to stay inside.

Juanita Holmes, chief of patrol for the NYPD, urged would-be partygoers to ring in 2021 “from the comfort of your home.”

“Coming to Times Square is a family tradition for some. It is a bucket list item for others. But this year is different,” she said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for everyone to stay home.”

The Police Department still rolled out heavy weapons teams, explosive-sniffing dogs, drones and sand trucks. But it planned a drastically scaled-back presence in Times Square, including an 80% reduction in its typical workforce assigned to the area.

“We always have to prepare for the worst in terms of counterterrorism overlays,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said, “but the crowds will not be like they were in other years.”

This year’s celebration unfolded without the usual throngs of cheering, kissing revelers. Indeed, the event’s special guests, first responders and essential workers, watched the festivities from a private, well-spaced area.

“It’s almost like a ‘Seinfeld’ episode,” Shea said, invoking the 1990s “show about nothing.”

“This is a ball drop about nothing, where you can’t see,” he said, “so you may as well stay home.”

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