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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is under fire for allowing pot smokers to march in a Cannabis Parade last week but dishonoring military veterans by denying the annual Memorial Day parade on Staten Island.
âItâs a slap in the face,â Jamie Gonzalez, a Marine infantryman who fought in Operation Desert Storm, told the New York Post. More…
Veterans group slams NYC decision to deny permit for Memorial Day march while allowing Cannabis Parade
SYNDICATED 2 weeks ago James Haynes III, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans Organization Inc., and his attorney Brendan Lantry pointed to a “sickening” double standard on “Fox & Friends” on Monday, threatening legal action if the veteran march is not allowed to take place in New York City, while last week’s Cannabis Parade got the green light.
Veterans ask: Why can pot supporters march in NYC but we can’t have Memorial Day parade?
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carrying a giant joint.
James Haynes, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization Inc. (USIVO), said they want to be able to “honor those veterans, current and past, who have served this great nation” in the annual parade that’s more than a century old.
New York veterans threaten to sue after they are blocked from marching on Memorial Day despite city approving cannabis parade and BLM protests
A Staten Island veterans group is threatening to sue the city if it doesn t get approval of its permit for a Memorial Day parade
The veterans were planning a smaller version of their annual parade
They filed a permit with the NYPD in February, but were told it was denied in early March
The city has previously allowed Black Lives Matter protests and even a Cannabis Parade on May 1
Cannabis Parade organizers received their permit from the Parks Department
Getting it right
Issue 164: Social equity remains front and center at CRC meeting, N.Y. state parade, elsewhere. Plus, Peoples-Stokes joins our N.Y. business event.
Updated on 11:10 PM;
Today 9:54 PM
This week’s theme of getting it right is not an easy task.
In a world of globalization and intersection, getting it right has never been harder.
With cannabis, the accompanying harms inflicted upon communities affected by trauma from the War on Drugs has bore witness to the potential for something that has often eluded them.
Economic justice.
The cannabis industry, new in its incarnation, represents the old business adage that it is easier to adapt something new than it is to try to change something old.