UNGA 2024: Watch President Biden’s farewell address at the United Nations -- LIVE
NEW YORK CITY - President Joe Biden delivered his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday morning, as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon are edging toward all-out war.
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President Biden schedule today
Biden was expected to use his wide-ranging address to speak to the need to end the Middle East conflict and the 17-month-old civil war in Sudan and to highlight U.S. and Western allies' support for Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
His appearance before the international body also offered Biden one of his last high-profile opportunities as president to make the case to keep up robust support for Ukraine, which could be in doubt if former President Donald Trump, who has scoffed at the cost of the war, defeats Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
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UN General Assembly 2024: List of NYC street closures, traffic maps and more
If you live or work on the east side of Manhattan, be prepared for street closures, detours and a lot of gridlock traffic.
Meanwhile, here's what you need to know for this week, including a list of street closures, a LIVE traffic map and a look at the rest of this year's gridlock alert days.
UN street closures NYC
The following streets are closed, according to the NYPD:
- 1st Avenue (upper roadway) closed with managed access from 42nd street to 49th Street. 1st Avenue tunnel (lower roadway) will remain open to passenger vehicles and MTA buses only.
- 42nd Street between the FDR and 2nd Avenue closed with managed access. (FDR 42nd street exit ramp will open after 1900 hours for west bound traffic only.)
- 43rd Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
- 44th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
- 45th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
- 46th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
- 48th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR.
UN General Assembly 2024 traffic
UNGA 2024 dates
The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, continuing through Saturday and ending Monday, Sept. 30.
Complete list of NYC Gridlock Alert Days for 2024
Meanwhile, the New York City Department of Transportation released a list of 20 Gridlock Alert Days through the end of the year:
2024 Gridlock Alert Days
- Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Friday, September 27, 2024
- Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Friday, November 22, 2024
- Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Friday, December 6, 2024
- Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Friday, December 13, 2024
- Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Thursday, December 19, 2024
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AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER, with the Associated Press, helped contribute to this report.