The UN General Assembly will mean gridlock headaches for New Yorkers and a partial lockdown of the Big Apple amid continuing antisemitic hate crimes and tensions between Israel and City Hall. <\/p>\n
Large swaths of Midtown Manhattan will be closed to traffic and there will be a limited no-fly zone over the area when some 200 foreign dignitaries flock into the city for the annual gathering of world leaders, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Cops will also be kept on their toes policing protests during the international gathering, with the NYPD, FBI, Secret Service, State Department Diplomatic Security Service and United Nations police deployed throughout the metropolitan area, officials said. <\/p>\n
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announce plans for UN General Assembly. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> are both due to attend.<\/p>\n \u201cThousands of uniformed NYPD officers will be posted at and around UN headquarters all week, supported by heavy weapons teams, our aviation and harbor units, K-9, the bomb squad, NYPD\u2019s drone team, counterterrorism officers, and other specialized units,\u201d Tisch said. <\/p>\n \u201cAs always, there will be security measures that you will see, and others that you will not see,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n City DOT issued a gridlock alert beginning Monday, with street closures around the UN, with rolling pedestrian and vehicle closures, and flight restrictions within two nautical miles of the building.<\/p>\n Cops will also be out in force to keep an eye out for trouble and keep the peace at several planned protests that will coincide with the assembly \u2014 police said permits have been issued for at least 55 General Assembly related events. <\/p>\n The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to convene from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28 in Manhattan. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n Pro-Palestinian protesters have caused unrest in the Big Apple since the start of the Gaza War. LP Media<\/p>\n This year\u2019s General Assembly, which convenes at the United Nations on Tuesday and is scheduled to run through Sept. 28, comes as the five boroughs continue to see a spike in antisemitic hate crimes stemming from the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that launched the Gaza War.<\/p>\n Antisemitic hate crimes surged by 8%<\/a> through the end of August this year compared to the same period last year and accounting for more than half of the confirmed hate crimes over that span. <\/p>\n Local Jewish leaders have blamed Mamdani, New York City\u2019s first Muslim mayor, for anti-Israeli rhetoric, which has been a major point of contention<\/a> for his critics.<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the UN General Assembly next week. REUTERS<\/p>\n Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives at the UN. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n He sparked outrage in July when he said he would seek to have Netanyahu arrested<\/a> when he set foot in the city for the General Assembly, a threat that Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar laughed off.<\/p>\n