Leaders from around the world are descending on the city for the U.N. General Assembly this week, and that could mean big traffic headaches for drivers.
Large areas on the east side and in Midtown will be subject to closure by the police. They include the area between First and Second Avenues from 34th Street to 57th Street and some streets in the 50s on the west side.
Security will be tight around the U.N., where world leaders are set to begin a two-day meeting on diseases like cancer and diabetes tomorrow.
President Barack Obama is set to address the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Other leaders expected to attend this week are Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who plans to push his bid for statehood, and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Affected Locations:
• Area bounded by East 60th Street on the North, East 34th Street on the South,1st Avenue on the East, 3rd Avenue on the West, all inclusive
• Area bounded by East 51st Street on the North and East 48th Street on the South; 1st Avenue on the East and Madison Avenue on the West, all inclusive
• 34th, 42nd, 50th and 57th Streets between FDR Drive and 7th Avenue
• 5th and 6th Avenues between 42nd and 40th Street
• 40th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 53rd Street between 5th Avenue and 7th Avenue
• 52nd Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
• 55th Street between 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue
• 51st, 54th and 56th Streets between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
FDR Drive Embargo: Starting 12:01AM Monday, September 19th through 10:00PM, Friday, September 23: FDR Drive between Whitehall Street and Willis Avenue Bridge/RFK Bridge.
(Source: NY1)
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My wife, duly concerned over the upcoming vote on Palestinian statehood in the UN, asked me to check and see if the Torah world had any suggestions as to how to help avert what promises to be a dangerous development for Jews in Eretz Yisrael and around the world. After checking YWN I found that the only concerns seem to be the traffic problems in NYC and the upcoming Rosh HaShanah in Uman. Considering that the upcoming UN vote may effect places like Ramat Shlomo and Beitar (both outside the 1967 boundaries) I would have expected some call to tefillah or acceptance of a mitzvah. Sadly, there seems to be no such call. I for one will have special Kavanah on my tefillah of “Ulmalshinim Al Tehi Tikva” this coming week. Anyone care to join me? You can have this in mind while your waiting in traffic!
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Call in sick, or go to work really really late and leave tomorrow.
“Sadly, there seems to be no such call.” B’michilas kvod kodshecha, bud the Moetzes, and all those who follow there directives, have been saying three extra kapitlach Tehilim daily (and in some kehilos – including Rav A. L. Shteinman’s – even on Shabbos). Indeed you are correct in that Chazal already provided us with a tefilah, although I believe the one you mentioned was aimed at poshei Yisroel. I also don’t think it is “news” that Yidden have to pray for the welfare of our brethren wherever they are. It would be very dsad day – one requiring its own tefilah – when we need a Rav to tell us to do so.
Thank you for pointing me to the article. My apologies for not searching further back. Thanks also to “Shuali” for his/her comments.