Another group of protesters then headed up to East 46th Street and 3rd Avenue, a main access point for dignitaries heading to the UN. There, this group unfurled a gigantic banner reading The world deserves better while they chanted How many will you kill if you drill, baby drill? The group called out Trump specifically, charging that his policies are causing irreparable harm to the planet.
"There is nothing like Carnival," Adams said. "We're excited about the music, the energy, the fashion, and fun that is associated with it. And this community knows how to throw on a great party, and we want to make sure that everyone can enjoy it in a very safe way." "This will be the largest police deployment of the year, even bigger than our deployments for New Year's Eve in Times Square, even bigger than our deployments for July 4," Tisch noted.