Near Times Square, where hundreds of thousands of people were expected to watch the ball drop, the police presence was heavier than usual for New Year's Eve, with thousands of officers deployed and canine units and officers on horseback monitoring an expanded security zone.
South of Times Square, outside Macy's department store, where the windows were still decorated for Christmas, a group called Ceasefire Carols repurposed holiday songs with Gaza-themed lyrics in one of several protests in Manhattan on New Year's Eve.
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