Many attendees hoped to start 2025 with a clean slate, like Bronxite Sarah Roman, who said goodbye to a toxic high-maintenance friendship. Roman told amNewYork Metro that while it hurt to end a friendship of over 10 years, she needed to cast aside a friend who bullied and made fun of her. It stressed me out way too much, Roman said. A good friend, it's a two-way street. It's not always just about the other person. It's just like you went through a bad breakup, and then it's just sad. But I needed to do what was right for my mental health.
Tom Harris, president of the Times Square Alliance, and host Jonathan Bennett kicked off the event in the Crossroads of the World. Harris said good riddance to political strife because he felt, 'We've had enough political strife over the last couple of years. It's time to move forward and truly be the United States of America.'
The less-than-stellar weather didn't deter Times Square visitors from telling 2024 to take a hike on Saturday, the 18th annual Good Riddance Day. Days before Times Square ushers in the new year, New Yorkers and tourists jotted down the ugly memories that plagued them in 2024—from breakups to health issues, from toxic relationships to bedbugs and more—on a chalkboard, which they then erased with the swipe of a sponge.
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