On 710 WOR, here's Mr. New York, Mark Simone.

Well, it's Friday.

It's not just any Friday.

It's actually St. Patrick's Day.

That means don't drive into New York City today, Manhattan at least.

It's going to be a traffic nightmare.

The good news is I know they say everybody's back to work, all the offices back to work.

I've noticed it's two days a week, maybe three.

Monday and Friday, there's very little traffic in and out of Manhattan.

So that's the good news.

It won't be as bad as a usual St. Patrick's Day.

But a million people expected to show up for the parade.

Hey, you know, what's today? 17th. I think it was the 15th, right? Three years ago on the 15th,

just this week, this week, three years ago is when the lockdown started. Three years ago this week,

we locked down on the 15th, and the first

major cancellation was the St. Patrick's Day parade three years ago. So there was no parade.

The next year, I'm trying to remember. I think there was like a slight little something,

but this is the first real, full-blown St. Patrick's Day parade in three years. So this is why this will be one of the big ones. Also, the weather's pretty good. It's supposed to be a little sunnier, but it's not, but the weather pretty good. And don't worry, you got top, top management of New York City. Now you got Eric Adams on the scene running everything, talking about the parade.

As long as I'm the mayor of the city of New York, I'm going to be here to raise and celebrate the greatness of the Irish community and all of our communities.

You know, this is very important to him. Parades are very important to him because he loves to show off the suits.

But if you notice, he's got all kinds of jackets, he loves to show off the suits. But if you

noticed, he's got all kinds of jackets. He's got jackets with the mayor logo on it, on the front, on the back. There's one. You see that one he wore? He toured the subways last night. This one got the mayor's logo on the front, but on the back in the most enormous letters, it says, NYC mayor, just so you know who the hell he is.

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