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So, Happy St. Patrick's Day, and it's wonderful to be here this afternoon with all of you. Bierne: And now allow me to introduce our New York City commissioner of International Affairs, Edward Mermelstein. Commissioner Edward Mermelstein, Mayor’s Office of International Affairs: Thank you so much, Arthur. Top of the morning to all of you. “Thursday will mark a new beginning for New York City and the country as we host the first major celebration since the pandemic started in 2020 — the 261st New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue,” said Hilary Beirne, chairman and parade chief administrative officer, St. Patrick’s Day Parade Foundation. New York City's Mayor Eric Adams chats with Debbie McGoldrick of the Irish Voice about his time with the NYPD, his trip to Ireland, and the Irish heritage celebrations surrounding St. Patrick's Day. So, [Speaks in Gaelic]. Happy St. Patrick's Day and see you all on Fifth Avenue. Mayor Eric Adams: The voice of announcement forgot to say O'Adams, O'Adams. Really, happy St. Patrick’s Day and thank you so much for being here. And to all of our dignitaries and I just want some of our folks to come up, particularly Congressman Crowley. New York Mayor Eric Adams greets Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City on March 17, 2023. New York Daily News Front page of the New Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Staten Island! It was a great time celebrating with tens of thousands of Staten Islanders this weekend. I was especially proud to walk in solidarity with the Staten Island Pride Center as the only mayor to do so in our city’s history. Tens of thousands of revelers took to the streets of New York City Friday for the nation’s oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Mayor Eric Adams spoke briefly to cheer the working Top o’ the morning to you! Mayor Adams recently hosted a traditional St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Reception at Gracie Mansion in the Big Apple, and it was a roaring success. Among the esteemed guests was Tánaiste Micheál Martin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defense. It started, March 17th, 1762, started out just a normal day in British‑occupied New York City, but by the end of the day, history had been made. The British had conscripted Irish men who obviously did not want to work for the British, conscripted and sent here as British soldiers. New York City Mayor Eric Adams celebrated the Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee’s decision to allow LGBTQ+. The New York Saint Patrick’s Day parade has a long, fascinating history. Boston claims the oldest celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day dating from 1724, but without a parade. The New York parade, the country’s oldest, began in 1762, 14 years before the new country declared its independence from Britain. He returns to New York for the St Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16, where he will be joined by former mayor Frank O’Flynn. The visit to Chicago’s Cook County, which is twinned with Cork, is the centre piece of the trip. It is to the Windy City that the largest delegation will be travelling. As part of kicking off St. Patrick's Day festivities in Buffalo, Acting Mayor Scanlon and other representatives from Buffalo's Irish community raised the flag of Ireland in front of city hall. The Old Neighborhood parade begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday this year, as opposed to noon. A New York man was arrested on charges of allegedly threatening to kill the mayor of Yonkers and city police officers at a St. Patrick's Day parade, prosecutors said. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (centre) marches along Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City on March 17, 2016. Reuters The 255th annual New York City St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday showcased the homosexual movement and shut out a pro-life group that wanted to take part in the event, the world's largest New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Fire Department Commissioner Laura Kavanagh march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade along 5th Avenue on March 17, 2023 in New York City. Children of NY Port Authority Police Officers march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade along 5th Avenue on March 17, 2023 in New York City. "Bear in mind, the Irish community of New York has marched on the streets every single year since 1762," said Hilary Beirne, founding chairman of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Foundation. Celebrating the diversity of the Irish and Irish American communities of New York, the St. Pat's for All Parade 2025 steps off in Queens on March 2. from the New York City St. Patrick's Day The world's largest St. Patrick's Day Parade offered hope that the worst of it may be over. The marching bands and spectators were back, as is -- according to Mayor Eric Adams -- New York City. The 263rd New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade stepped off on Saturday, marching up Fifth Avenue with the familiar sights and sounds of an Irish tradition hundreds of years old. Manhattan’s
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