UPDATE: As of 3:55 p.m., the portion of Times Square that was evacuated is considered “all clear,” according to an NYPD spokesman.
“Once the NYPD finished their investigation, everyone went back to their offices, everything was fine,” said a woman at the front desk of the hotel.
Several reports have indicated the scare came from ‘garbage’ outside of the hotel, but the NYPD spokesman couldn’t confirm those allegations.
