A SPECIAL MASS GETTING UNDERWAY

LATER TODAY.

REPORTER: GOOD MORNING, GET

READY FOR THE CITY TO BE

PAINTED GREEN.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS A

RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY SO IT IS

FITTING THAT IT STARTS WITH A

MASS AT MACK THE CARGO WILL

PRESIDE OVER SERVICES AT 8:30.

AFTER MASS THAT WILL KICK OFF

THE 205TH ANNUAL PARADE THAT

BEGINS AT 11:00.

IT STARTS AT 44TH STREET.

PARTICIPANTS WILL MARCH UP

FIFTH AVENUE, IT WILL END AT

THE IRISH-AMERICAN HISTORICAL

SOCIETY.

THE PARADE IS DEDICATED TO

SUPPORTING IMMIGRATION.

THE GRAND MARSHALL IS AN

ACTIVIST ADMAN IMMIGRATION

ATTORNEY WHO WILL MARCH WITH

SOME OF HIS CLIENTS.

WITH THOUSANDS EXPECTED THE

PARADE WILL IMPACT

TRANSPORTATION, METRO WILL BE

ADDING 18 EXTRA TRAINS TO IT

BACK FROM GRAND CENTRAL

STATION.

THE LIRR WILL ADD 38 EXTRA

TRAINS TO ACCOMMODATE THE

CROWDS.

SOME ENTRANCES 8 EXITS WILL BE

CLOSED ALONG THE ROUTE.

STARTING AT 10:30 FIFTH AVENUE

8 SOME STREET WILL BE CLOSED

FROM THE EAST 42ND STREET TWO

EAST 86TH STREET UNTIL 5:00

P.M.