Sotomayor chosen to trigger ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve

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Workers assemble the 2014 New Year's Eve Waterford Crystal ball during its installation at One Times Square on Dec. 27, in New York City.

By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News

Who says only tourists go to see the ball drop in Manhattan's Times Square on New Year’s Eve?
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, will be in charge of pressing the button that activates the 60-second descent of the sparkling ball to celebrate the introduction of 2014 in Times Square, organizers
announced Sunday. Show more