With UN General Assembly starting, NYC makes room for heads of state and their security

By Karen Matthews, AP
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Gridlock? Men with earpieces? Must be the UN

NEW YORK — Restaurants are clearing space for world leaders. The Waldorf-Astoria is fluffing the pillows in the presidential suite. And people who live on Manhattan’s East Side are just hoping to get into their buildings without a police escort.

Representatives from 192 countries will arrive next week for a United Nations anti-poverty summit and the U.N. General Assembly ministerial meeting. For New Yorkers, that will mean gridlocked traffic and a chance to spot a government leader at a local restaurant.

The owners of an Italian steakhouse near the U.N. say the tiny Asian nation of East Timor has a reservation for 35.

Last year, the prime minister of Japan went for Swedish food at Aquavit.

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