It ain’t your ma’s Easter Parade.
The NYPD and Midtown merchants are bracing for another Easter Sunday (or “Gang Initiation Day”) wilding session — with extra patrols and boosted security ready to take on marauding gangs looking to terrorize Times Square and nearby businesses, officials said yesterday.
The extra patrols will make for nearly as many cops as picture-snapping tourists, officials said. Three people were shot and 54 arrested in the area last year.
“Easter used to be all about bunnies and chocolate,” lamented Maureen O’Lunney, manager of O’Lunney’s restaurant, on West 45th Street.