NYPD operating in 'heightened threat environment' in advance of New Year's Eve celebration
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The NYPD continues to operate under a "heightened threat environment" as it prepares for New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square.
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This year, the NYPD’s class of more than 600 new recruits will work their first detail Tuesday night. At a press conference about security preparations on Monday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said there are no credible threats to the Times Square event at this time, but the department has been operating in a "heightened threat environment" since the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.
New York City has seen mass demonstrations against Israel, including the encampments, antisemitic rallying cries and clashes with police seen at Columbia University and New York University earlier this year.