Vets say they’ll march on Memorial Day, permit or not, but hope to do it ‘the right way’
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. Staten Island’s veterans and their supporters intend to march on Memorial Day whether or not they receive a permit.
U.S. Army veteran Lee Covino and U.S. Air Force veteran Ted Cohen said during a press conference at Hero Park in Tompkinsville that they’d prefer to proceed with a permit that the city’s already denied, but that local veterans organizations intend to march no matter what.
City agrees to allow Memorial Day parade on Staten Island
Updated May 11, 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. Staten Island veterans will again march down Forest Avenue this Memorial Day, as Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to rescind his executive orders that prevented a permit.
James Haynes, the president of the United Staten Island Veterans Organizations (USIVO), and Brendan Lantry, an attorney working with USIVO, said Monday that they’d received the necessary commitments for the parade to go on after a series of meetings with the mayor’s office and the city Department of Veterans’ Services.