Vets say they’ll march on Memorial Day, permit or not, but hope to do it ‘the right way’
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Island’s veterans and their supporters intend to march on Memorial Day whether or not they receive a permit.
U.S. Army veteran Lee Covino and U.S. Air Force veteran Ted Cohen said during a press conference at Hero Park in Tompkinsville that they’d prefer to proceed with a permit that the city’s already denied, but that local veterans organizations intend to march no matter what.
Veterans ask: Why can pot supporters march in NYC but we can’t have Memorial Day parade?
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carrying a giant joint.
James Haynes, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization Inc. (USIVO), said they want to be able to “honor those veterans, current and past, who have served this great nation” in the annual parade that’s more than a century old.
City agrees to allow Memorial Day parade on Staten Island
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Island veterans will again march down Forest Avenue this Memorial Day, as Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to rescind his executive orders that prevented a permit.
James Haynes, the president of the United Staten Island Veterans Organizations (USIVO), and Brendan Lantry, an attorney working with USIVO, said Monday that they’d received the necessary commitments for the parade to go on after a series of meetings with the mayor’s office and the city Department of Veterans’ Services.
New York veterans threaten to sue after they are blocked from marching on Memorial Day despite city approving cannabis parade and BLM protests
A Staten Island veterans group is threatening to sue the city if it doesn t get approval of its permit for a Memorial Day parade
The veterans were planning a smaller version of their annual parade
They filed a permit with the NYPD in February, but were told it was denied in early March
The city has previously allowed Black Lives Matter protests and even a Cannabis Parade on May 1
Cannabis Parade organizers received their permit from the Parks Department
S.I. Vets see ‘double standard’ as pot proponents march down Broadway but they can’t have Memorial Day parade
Updated May 07, 5:21 PM;
Posted May 07, 1:42 PM
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carrying a giant joint.
James Haynes, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization Inc. (USIVO), said they want to be able to “honor those veterans, current and past, who have served this great nation” in the annual parade that’s more than a century old.