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Brooklyn Bridge closes Saturday as NYPD deploys thousands for the nation’s 250th July 4th and Taylor Swift’s private MSG wedding

The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers this weekend for the nation's 250th July 4th, Taylor Swift's private MSG wedding, and the Brooklyn Bridge closure.

Brooklyn Bridge closes Saturday as NYPD deploys thousands for the nation’s 250th July 4th and Taylor Swift’s private MSG wedding

The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers this weekend for the nation's 250th July 4th, Taylor Swift's private MSG wedding, and the Brooklyn Bridge closure.

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The NYPD is deploying thousands of officers across New York City this weekend for a Fourth of July slate that includes the nation’s 250th Independence Day celebrations and security coverage for a private event at Madison Square Garden that the department declined to name, according to the New York Daily News.

That event is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, expected at MSG on Saturday. Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed the NYPD conducted a threat assessment of it, pointing to a foiled terror plot that targeted a Swift concert in Europe in 2024. She still would not name the couple at the Wednesday press briefing. “While giving a briefing about major events I would be remiss not to mention an event we are tracking at Madison Square Garden,” Tisch said. “The NYPD will have a detail in place, but we will not be going into more specifics.”

The larger mobilization is for the city’s 250th Independence Day programming, which Tisch described as “the largest Independence Day celebration in our nation’s history.” Officers will work 12-hour shifts through the weekend. Aviation, harbor, and counter-drone teams will be deployed alongside bomb-sniffing K-9 units and heavy weapons teams, Tisch said.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared alongside Tisch at NYPD headquarters in Lower Manhattan for the briefing. “This is a busy celebratory time in our city with…

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