Good Riddance day was organized by the Times Square Alliance as part of the buildup to Thursday's ball-drop celebration.

“大解脱日”活动由时代广场联盟组织，为本周四的水晶球降落仪式暖场造势。

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The street outreach teams from Common Ground and the Goddard Riverside Community Center, another nonprofit group, began maintaining close ties with the Times Square Alliance and the Police Department.

非营利组织Common Ground和戈达德河岸社区中心的外展队，开始与时代广场联盟和警察局保持密切的联系。

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An informal census by the Times Square Alliance, a business group, counted 52 costumed characters clustered in the plaza on Saturday evening.

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The site, Last Lot, is a short-term donation to Art Production Fund from The Shubert Organization, and is part of the Times Square Alliance initiative to bring art to Times Square.

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While street performance has been a fixture in Times Square, the costumed crowd is a recent phenomenon, said Tim Tompkins, president of the Alliance.

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