Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly preside over a ceremony honoring fifteen New York Police Officers who died in the line of duty. Thirteen of those officers died of health complications after 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts.

Rudi Guiliani, Tom Ridge, Patrick Kennedy, Bill Richardson and Newt Gingrich were among the scheduled speakers at a pro-democracy rally for Iran in Dag Hammershold Plaza, just north of the UN where Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was addressing the UN assembly.