It also comes after similar decisions in other cities around the country. activists, who have maintained that law enforcement was out of place at a march with roots in the 1969 anti-police riot outside the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan. The decision, which organizers announced on Saturday, follows years of pressure from some L.G.B.T.Q. Heritage of Pride, which organizes events, will instead turn to private companies for security and safety, calling police officers in emergencies only when necessary, they said. The New York Police Department will also be asked to stay a block away from the edge of all in-person events, including the march. police, which announced the news in a statement on Friday night. The ban includes the Gay Officers Action League, an organization of L.G.B.T.Q. Starting this year, police and corrections officers will also not be allowed to participate as a group in the annual Pride march until at least 2025. New York City’s annual Pride celebration, which began 51 years ago as a defiant commemoration of an anti-police uprising and has evolved into a city-sanctioned equality jamboree, will take steps to reduce the presence of law enforcement at its events.
