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The NYPD is strengthening security and safety measures ahead of the New York Caribbean Carnival on Monday.

The J'ouvert festival, a special parade event which is a prelude to the big parade, will begin at 6:00 on Monday morning.

The NYPD will deploy drones over the holiday to survey large, outdoor gatherings and barbeques that might get too rowdy, police officials said Thursday.

The Labor Day tradition sees over two million people turn out along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, and begins early Monday morning with J'Ouvert celebrations honoring Caribbean culture.

The New York City Police Department plans to use unmanned drones to surveil backyard parties in New York City this Labor Day weekend, prompting renewed privacy concerns in the Big Apple.

NYPD officers delivered “ceasefire” warnings to 40 gang members ahead of the West Indian American Day parade and J’Ouvert festival.

NEW YORK — The beating of drums. The bleating of horns. And now: the buzz of police drones. New York City’s Labor Day revelry will have a new noise this year, as the police department plans to deploy the remote-controlled, camera-equipped aircraft to monitor large gatherings — even backyard parties — connected to West Indian American Day celebrations in Brooklyn. The plan was announced at a briefing Thursday in Brooklyn before J’ouvert and the West Indian Ameri...

The Police Department will send them up in Brooklyn to keep an eye on everything from major parades to backyard barbecues.

Those attending large outdoor gatherings this weekend in New York City may see an uninvited guest hovering above.

Ed Lopez, 41, his wife, Aleksandra Witek, 40, and their toddlers were found dead in their Upper West Side apartment on Monday in an apparent murder-suicide.