Heritage of Pride, which organizes NYC Pride events, also said that it would review the presence of the NYPD as first responders and security for the event, and that it had an increased budget for security that would allow it to transition those roles to private security, community responders, and safety volunteers. The steps being taken by the organization challenge law enforcement to acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward, in hopes of making an impactful change.” “NYC Pride is unwilling to contribute in any way to creating an atmosphere of fear or harm for members of the community. “NYC Pride seeks to create safer spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities at a time when violence against marginalized groups, specifically BIPOC and trans communities, has continued to escalate,” event organizers said in a statement Saturday. Organizers said they would also aim to limit the role of the NYPD in a security capacity. The ban applies to law enforcement and corrections officers until at least 2025.
Police will be banned from participating in New York City Pride celebrations as event organizers grapple with a year of reckoning over police violence and a push to center the most marginalized members of the LGBTQ community.
