'World Events' Drive Extensive New York City Security Plan

New York City officials said security for Saturday's New Year's Eve celebration will feature massive 20-ton (18-metric-ton) sanitation trucks weighted with an extra 15 tons (13.6 metric tons) of sand and 7,000 police officers. The "blocker trucks" and other vehicles will be used to close off vehicular access to Times Square. The officials said though there have been no specific threats to the event, the measures were driven by other terror attacks across the...

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