New Year's Eve in Time Square (12 images)

Confetti rains over the crowds at the stroke of midnight as hundreds of thousands of revelers gather in Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve on January 1, 2010 in New York City. UPI /Monika Graff

Justy Bates and Kelli Bentley of Huber, NC are among the hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31, 2009 in New York City. UPI /Monika Graff

Police stand guard as hundreds of thousands of revelers gather in Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve on January 1, 2010 in New York City. Security this year has been heightened following last week's foiled terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound airplane. UPI /Monika Graff

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, third left, is joined by students from city high schools as he gets ready to push the button which starts the decent of the New Year's Eve ball just before midnight in Times Square during the New Year's Eve celebration on January 1, 2010 in New York City. UPI /Monika Graff