The United Nations General Assembly, every September, brings together leaders from around the world.

每年九月的联合国大会都会将全世界领导人聚在一起。

The U.N. has turned into a fortress. Streets are blocked off. Police are everywhere, automatic weapons at the ready. But this tough security can cause headaches for New Yorkers.

联合国已经变成一个堡垒。街道被封闭，到处是警察，自动步枪随身准备好。

The New York Police Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are patrolling the waters and skies to make sure the U.N. is safe.

纽约警察局和美国海岸警卫队在水上和天上巡逻维护联合国的安全。

Guy Long, a New Yorker, said it’s been a familiar site all week.

纽约市民盖·隆恩说，这种景象整个星期都常见。

"I live on Roosevelt Island. So I see all the boats and everything, police and Coast Guard. So they really do put a cordon around here,” he said.

盖·隆恩说：“我住在罗斯福岛，所以我看到好多船和很多东西，警察和海警。他们真的在这里拉了一条警戒线。”

Barriers block off sidewalk after sidewalk, and getting around can get pretty confusing if you don’t have the right credentials.

障碍物封锁了一条又一条的人行道，如果没有正确证件，要在四周走动可能令人混淆。

Even with the right paperwork, people still have to navigate the jam-packed streets near the U.N.

即便有正确证件，人们还是要穿行联合国附近拥挤的街道。

“It’s just been kind of madness," one resident said."I know, for the people that take cabs to get around, it’s been almost impossible to get anywhere.”

路人说：“这简直是疯狂。对搭计程车的人来说，他们简直是哪里都去不了。”

But for one group, in New York to represent the Center for Public Health Nigeria, the traffic jams and chaotic sidewalks are a small price to pay.

尼日利亚公共卫生中心在纽约的代表欧库鲁曲库·席凡说，拥挤的交通和混乱的人行道只是一个必须付出的小代价。

“Very tough but I like the security arrangement," said Okorochukwu Cfine. "It’s safe for everybody to get in and also everybody feels secure inside.”

席凡说：“虽然它非常困难，不过我喜欢这种安全措施。它对要进去的人很安全，而且在里面的人也觉得很安全。

Visitors and residents agree that when it comes to security, it’s better to have too much than too little. So the "friendly faces" of New York's NYPD won’t be going away anytime soon.

接受采访的游客和居民都同意，只要涉及安全，他们宁可超过也不要不够。所以纽约警察的“和善面孔”短期内不会消失。