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Celebrating St. Pat’s early with Sunnyside/Woodside march
PHOTOS BY WALTER KARLING
Th e St. Pat’s for All Parade marked
its 20th year of celebrating Irish pride
and heritage on March 3 with a march
through the streets of Sunnyside and
Woodside.
Th e all-inclusive parade brought together
local elected offi cials, bands, school
groups and organizations of all kinds for
the parade from the corner of 43rd Street
and Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside to the
intersection of 58th Street and Woodside
Avenue in Woodside.
First held in 2000, the St. Pat’s for
All Parade welcomed members of the
LGBTQ community at a time when such
organizations were banned from marching
under a banner during the traditional
St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan.
It has since grown into one of the largest
commemorations of St. Patrick’s Day in
New York City.
Among the dignitaries who participated
in this year’s parade were Attorney
General Letitia James, State Comptroller
Thomas DiNapoli, Congresswomen
Carolyn Maloney and Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez, Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz, Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan, state Senator Michael
Gianaris, City Councilman Jimmy Van
Bramer, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro
and Irish Consul General Ciaran Madden.
Dancer/choreographer Sean Curran
and actress Fionnula Flanagan served as
this year’s grand marshals.
— Robert Pozarycki
Marching contingents with their banners.
What it’s all about.
A quartet of enthusiastic parade observers with
the edition at far right of Parade Co-Chairman
Brendan Fay
P . J . O ’ B r i e n ,
Carol White and
Carmel O’Brien.
Keeping the beat: drummers from Fogo Azul.
The Commanding Offi cer of the 108th Precinct Michael Gibbs, Queens Borough President Melinda
Katz, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, and Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan.
Rounding out the annual March march: the I.S.
230 (Jackson Heights) cheerleaders and band.
State Attorney General Letitia James,
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Fire
Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
Bicyclist marcher Nick Johnson with his daughters Murry and Callie.
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