A ticker tape parade celebrating the essential workers who helped New Yorkers through the worst of the COVID-19pandemic begins by Manhattan’s Battery Park, travels along the Canyon of Heroes, and ends with a ceremony in City Hall Park.
The parade includes a variety of different floats, representing the groups of essential workers who served this city heroically throughout the pandemic.
Represented groups include:
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