By Patrick Hipes Executive Managing Editor Organizers of NYC Pride 2020 said Monday that New York City’s signature gay-rights parade and its related in-person events won’t take place this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first time they won’t be held since the first incarnation 50 years ago.
Heritage of Pride said it worked closely with the city to arrive at the decision to cancel the events, which were scheduled to run June 14-28.
New York City is the most impacted of any city in the U.S. with 136,806 cases of COVD-19 as of Monday. New York state has 247,512 cases, more than the next five most infected states combined. “As the days have passed, it has become more and more clear that even with a decline in the spread of
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