The NYPD says the decision was made due to recent incidents where large, sometimes violent crowds refused to leave the park and engaged in disorderly behavior.
NYC is going green at least, its landmarks are.
For the second year in a row, landmarks like the Empire State Building, The Arsenal at Central Park, The Washington Square Park Arch, The Parachute Jump at the Coney Island Boardwalk and One Vanderbilt Spire, will light up green tonight and tomorrow to honor essential park workers.
Who is essential in NYC Parks? Any forestry, maintenance and programming staff, its parks ambassadors and enforcement patrol officers, as well as urban park rangers who have continued to maintain public greenspaces in support of the mental and physical health of all visitors during the pandemic.