Every September, the New York City police barricades go up around the U.N. headquarters in midtown Manhattan
police barricades go up around U.N. headquarters
“Oh, it's terrible,” Hillary Lee, the owner of Belleclaire Cleaners, softly moans when asked how business fares during the U.N. General Assembly's high-level meeting.steps beyond the gates. "It's their work; it's my work," says Lee, who has owned the shop for four years and doesn't hold a grudge“But the problem is, a lot of my customers, they are really very angry. Very, very angry, they are," she adds, jokingly mimicking their frustrations.
“It’s a balance we strike each year because our plans are focused on minimizing, as much as possible, the impact all of this will have on New Yorkers,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said at a press conference last week.