As always, we are working to ensure that runners have a memorable time as they ring in 2025 at our festive NYRR Midnight Run on New Year's Eve in Central Park, but unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control, we will no longer be staging our planned drone show during the race.
The decision to forgo fireworks and use drones came after severe drought conditions in the tristate area forced local authorities to temporarily halt fireworks displays, though restrictions have since been lifted.
Sky Elements Drones, the Texas-based company that put on the drone show, is now under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, after a drone bludgeoned a 7-year-old boy named Alezander in the face and chest.
Mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York sent the public into a state of pandemonium, with the FAA placing a temporary ban on drone usage in parts of the Big Apple until mid-January.
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