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Times Square ball drop to celebrate US’ 250th still going forward — but there ‘will be no public event’
 By Ryan King, Larry Celona, Joe Marino, Hannah Fierick and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon   
Published April 8, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET
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A planned Times Square ball drop for America’s 250th birthday is still on — but you’re not invited.

The New Year’s Eve-style event will continue as planned at midnight on July 3, organizers said Tuesday — in the wake of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new emergency order banning hundreds of public celebrations during the FIFA World Cup in the Big Apple.

But in a bizarre statement Tuesday, organizers said the show will go on anyway — without a crowd. ...

Officials at City Hall did not respond to repeated inquiries from The Post, while the NYPD referred all questions about the event to the mayor’s office.

The statement from organizers comes after the city Parks Department adopted a rule at the request of the NYPD, denying new permits for special events on park property during the tournament, which runs from June 11 to July 19. ...




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Did you not vote for this New York City?
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New Yorkers can't peacefully assemble to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence because of some stoopid FIFA soccer games?

Soccer isn't even an American sport.  Have FIFA change the dates/locations of the conflicting games.

America First, Soccer Never.
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Just call it a BLM rally and you are good to go.
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Mamdani Signs Order Banning New Yorkers From Celebrating America’s 250th In Times Square

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April 10, 2026



A flashy Times Square ball drop planned for America’s 250th birthday is still happening, but the public apparently won’t be there to see it.

Organizers confirmed Tuesday that the New Year’s Eve-style celebration will move forward at midnight on July 3 despite new restrictions tied to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s emergency order banning hundreds of public gatherings during the FIFA World Cup in New York City.

In an unusual announcement, however, organizers said the patriotic spectacle will take place without a live crowd in Times Square.

“The July 3rd Ball Drop is confirmed and will take place at One Times Square, alongside a live broadcast and celebration,” America250 and One Times Square said in a joint statement. “While there will not be a public event in the Times Square plazas, we are working through standard coordination with city partners and look forward to sharing additional details soon.”

Exactly what the event will look like without throngs of spectators at the Crossroads of the World remains unclear, given that massive crowds have long been central to Times Square’s signature ball drop tradition.

The celebration has not yet secured the permits required for a public event, and sources told The New York Post it remains uncertain whether those approvals will be granted.

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An anti-America/anti-Semitic Communist Muslim Jihadist born in Uganda is now controlling how America celebrates the fourth.

No Sympathy for New York at all. None! They voted for this racist anti-White lying terrorist. They deserve to wallow in their own shit until he is replaced by a real American.

F*ck NYC!
« Last Edit: April 10, 2026, 01:46:36 pm by 240B »
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Islam sanitizes oppression. Islam rebrands cruelty as culture, and expects applause from Liberal fools for their Islamic progressivism.
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

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Something tells me you won't get permits because how do you stop people from congregating in Times Square?

And what now about New Years Eve? Same rules?
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And what now about New Years Eve? Same rules?
Reportedly, it was the NYPD who said they couldn't handle a large gathering like this while the soccer thing was going on. But I suspect Mamdani would use any excuse to make New Yorkers miserable, even on NYE.
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Comrade Zo is violating the Constitution's protection of the Right of Peaceful Assembly.

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CommieMamdani bans July 4 ball drop, but will he permit anti-US protests?  :pop41:

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Because he’s going to hand out permits for protests instead and then pretend that’s the organic response to the country on the anniversary.
8:47 AM · Apr 11, 2026
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Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists