NEWYORK: New York city Mayor Eric Adams said that Israel day parade is the first major large Jewish event since October 7th, and we are extremely conscious of the over 3,000 protests that took place in our city since that day.
Speaking at security briefing on Israel day parade, Mayor Adams said that many of the protests were orderly, but there have been a few that did not follow proper procedures.
“What we want to be sure to communicate, Chief Maddrey is going to go through some of the structures of the parade, as well as Commissioner Caban, but we wanted to show the unified force that we are not going to allow any unlawfulness and any disruption of any celebration of one’s heritage in this city,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to having a peaceful parade. We’re looking forward for those who want to participate to do so, and those who want to peacefully protest, you have a right to do so. As we stated, we want to emphasize it’s called peaceful protests. That is what we are calling on the people of this city to do as we acknowledge and celebrate all of our various heritages in this city,” he said.
He thanked Commissioner Caban and his entire team and said that when you think about it, the normal functioning of this city with 3,000 protests taking place throughout the city, it just really goes to show you, in addition to driving down crime and continuing to have this as the safest big city in America, they deal with the issues that may take place throughout the entire day in this city. A job well done.
Mayor Adams said that he made it clear from the beginning that even when people did not see what we saw, that there are outside agitators that are playing a major role in many of these events. They embed themselves into these large gatherings, and some of them see it as an opportunity to be disruptive. It’s not going to happen.
“We’re going to immediately respond to any inappropriate action that goes outside the boundaries of peacefully protesting or adding your voice to whatever concern, he said.
“The conflict that’s playing out on the stage of the Middle East has impacted all of us in one way or another. There’s a lot of emotions that are involved, but those emotions should not be hijacked by those that are attempting to be violent and disruptive,” he said.
“We will monitor them in a traditional way, that intel, listen to the noise, and see what is taking place. At the same time, the police is going to respond accordingly and rapidly to anyone that thinks they’re going to disrupt the parade,” he added.
Police Commissioner Edward Caban said that Sunday’s parade is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Israel, and the NYPD will be there to make sure everything runs smoothly.
He said that police department handles large-scale events, both planned and unplanned, all the time, and no one does it better. “It’s all part of the work we do every day to make sure every New Yorker is safe, and this parade will be no different,” he said.
