The ‘Hometown Heroes’ ticker tape parade will celebrate the “Summer of New York City” and give thanks to the essential workers who served the city throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The parade will begin at 11 AM on July 7 and start at Manhattan’s Battery Park. It will then travel along the Canyon of Heroes, ending with a ceremony in City Hall Park.
It will feature a variety of different floats, each of which representing a group of essential workers, including:
- Advocacy organizations
- City workers
- Educators
- Emergency food providers
- Faith leaders
- First responders
- Healthcare workers
- Hospitality and buildings workers
- Retail and bodega workers
- Social service and settlement house workers
- Transportation workers
- Utilities workers
