At least 140 heads of state are expected, nearly twice as many as last year, when 80 attended in person as the world rebounded from COVID-19.
"This is the largest U.N. event that we've had a number of years," NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. "More heads of state to protect, more staffing needed, more disruption, more motorcades moving around than we had last year."
Ukraine's U.N. mission had argued that Zelenskyy "cannot participate in-person at the meetings of the General Assembly due to ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine." "That frozen zone, that perimeter, that starts to go up on Monday, so that's when we're really concentrating, is from Monday forward," Corey said. "We do have people in town right now. They've already begun arriving, and we are protecting them. But those really, the big week, if you will, starts on Monday."
--1st Avenue from 42nd Street to 48th Street. The tunnel underpass from 41st Street to 48th Street will remain open for passenger cars. Trucks and other large vehicles will not be able to access until the end of each day's session.--46th Street from 1st Avenue to 2nd Avenue--42nd Street from the FDR Drive to 2nd AvenuePlease note: These areas will reopen each evening after the day's session.