Overview

• City leaders activated a layered operation deploying thousands of officers, heavy-weapon teams, K‑9s, bomb squad robots, drones, helicopters and harbor units.
• Officials say there are no known specific credible threats to the U.N. gathering, though they are elevating security given the current global environment.
• Street closures start Sunday around U.N. headquarters, including First Avenue from 42nd to 48th Streets, East 44th–48th Streets from First to Second Avenues, with rolling restrictions on the F.D.R. Drive.
• Synagogues and Jewish centers will see increased patrols for Rosh Hashanah beginning Monday night, following NYPD briefings with community leaders.
• The operation is coordinated with the U.S. Secret Service, the Diplomatic Security Service and U.N. security as more than 200 dignitaries arrive, and residents are urged to use mass transit during Gridlock Alert Days.