Times Square Gets Ready for New Year’s Eve Celebration
More than a million people are expected to gather in Times Square Tuesday night to watch the ball drop and celebrate the arrival of 2014.
Starting at 3 p.m., police will stop traffic in the area and begin ushering people into pens set up for spectators.
Police are advising people not to bring bags, backpacks or alcoholic beverages.
Visitors will see bomb-sniffing dogs and heavily armed counterterrorism teams.
Rooftop patrols and NYPD helicopters will keep an eye on the crowd as well.
The bomb squad and another unit specializing in chemical and biological threats will sweep hotels, theaters, construction sites and parking garages.
They also will patrol the Times Square subway station and certain exits will be blocked off.
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