The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop in Time Square has been a bucket list item since Ward and Amy Taft were married 23 years ago. Unfortunately, it kept getting put off because of the birth of two daughters and Ward's service in the Navy. But that dream becomes a reality this year thanks to the Hope For The Warriors , a national nonprofit that hosts out-of-state service members and local Gold Star Families. Hope For The Warriors help select service members for a dinner and with the help of the FDNY and