NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Officials held a security briefing on Thursday to discuss how both local and federal enforcement will work together to ensure safety ahead of the United Nations General Assembly.

It's the largest gathering of world leaders on the planet and when more than 150 heads of state and their entourages descend on the United Nations next week, the NYPD says it'll be ready.

This year, the NYPD is on particularly high alert, with the Jewish holidays coinciding with Israel's increased ground war in Gaza, the annual United Nations General Assembly, and as tensions rise in the U.S. following the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.

City leaders and their federal partners announced a multilayered security plan for the 80th meeting of the United Nations Gener

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