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People celebrate the New Year in Times Square in New York, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, a sign advertises peep shows for 25 cents Show World Center near Times Square in New York. The city's two-decade legal war on storefront businesses like this one may have reached a new tipping point. While many of the grimy attractions were swept out of years ago, especially ones in retail-filled, neon-lit Times Square, the state's highest court recently issued a ruling that could force the surviving ones to shut down. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A woman stops to ask directions from a heavily armed counterterrorism officer, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in Times Square in New York. Police say they are up to the task of protecting the huge crowds that are expected to gather in and around Times Square for New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Tourists Isabella Zuniga, left, and Kalid Magana of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, share an intimate moment while visiting Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. Police say they are up to the task of protecting the huge crowds that are expected to fill Times Square for New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A line of police cars are parked along a street in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. Police say they are up to the task of protecting the huge crowds that will gather in and around Times Square for New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A pedestrian asks directions from two heavily armed counterterrorism officers stationed in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. Police say they are up to the challenge of protecting the huge crowds expected to gather in and around Times Square to ring in the New Year. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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People pass the stage that will be used to push a button to lower a giant 2017 sign for New York City's New Year's Eve celebration as they hurry through Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. Police say they are up to the task of protecting the huge crowds that gather in and around Times Square for the event. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A heavily armed counterterrorism officer takes shelter beneath an overhang above a store in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. The city's police are once again saying they are up to the task of protecting the huge crowds that are expected to gather in and around Times Square for New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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A row of New York City police cars is parked along a street in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. The department is once again saying it is up to protecting the huge crowds that will gather in and around Times Square for New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Members of the media looks on as workmen put the last few crystals on to a panel of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square, in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. The dropping of the ball has been a tradition in Times Square since 1907. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)