{"id":872,"date":"2025-10-14T06:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/872\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T06:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:57:21","slug":"nyc-columbus-day-parade-canceled-due-to-nys-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/872\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Columbus Day Parade canceled due to NY’s state of emergency\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City\u2019s 81st annual Columbus Day Parade on Monday was\u00a0canceled\u00a0due to the governor\u2019s state of emergency order and\u00a0inclement weather<\/a>\u00a0spurring floods across the tri-state area.<\/p>\n

The Columbus Citizens Foundation, which organizes the parade through Manhattan, announced the cancellation late Sunday, just over 12 hours ahead of its scheduled start time.<\/p>\n

The parade won\u2019t be rescheduled, the group added.<\/p>\n

New York City\u2019s 81st annual Columbus Day Parade on Monday was\u00a0canceled\u00a0due to the governor\u2019s state of emergency order and\u00a0inclement weather. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n

Revelers celebrate Christopher Columbus during New York\u2019s 2024 parade. James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the Governor\u2019s declaration of a State of Emergency this evening in response to the dangerous weather conditions brought on by the Nor\u2019easter, including high winds, heavy rain and flooding in surrounding areas, we must cancel the 81st Annual Columbus Day Parade for the safety of all participants and viewers,\u201d the CCF wrote in a statement obtained by\u00a0FOX 5 NY<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we cannot reschedule this year\u2019s parade, we look forward to seeing everyone at our 82nd annual parade in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state of emergency, announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul\u00a0on Sunday evening, is in effect for all five boroughs as well as Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the Governor\u2019s declaration of a State of Emergency this evening in response to the dangerous weather conditions brought on by the Nor\u2019easter, including high winds, heavy rain and flooding in surrounding areas, we must cancel the 81st Annual Columbus Day Parade for the safety of all participants and viewers,\u201d the CCF wrote in a statement. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n

The\u00a0entirety of New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0was placed under a state of emergency as well.<\/p>\n

The declarations make funds available to address damage caused by the storm, if needed.<\/p>\n

Both orders are expected to last through Monday evening as the nor\u2019easter continues to batter the East Coast.<\/p>\n

The state of emergency, announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul, is in effect for all five boroughs as well as Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties. Robert Mecea<\/p>\n

The worst of the storm is supposed to hit at the next two high tides \u2014 overnight at midnight and at noon Monday. Each could bring up to 3-foot surges with waves as high as 15 feet along shore communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Big Apple could see wind gusts up to 60 mph, according to the latest forecasts \u2014 making for precarious parade conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The parade\u2019s cancellation comes after President Trump signed a declaration Thursday calling for Oct. 13 to be\u00a0observed as Columbus Day nationally<\/a>, despite recent efforts to redesignate it as Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cColumbus Day \u2014 we\u2019re back, Italians. We love Italians,\u201d Trump declared.<\/p>\n

Former President Joe Biden signed similar proclamations every October during his term to\u00a0mark Oct. 13 as Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s parade was canceled due to a nor\u2019easter hitting the East Coast. James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n

Columbus Day was first recognized as a federal holiday in 1971, but has been celebrated by historically Italian communities since the early 1900s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The push to replatform Christopher Columbus came in response to the 1891 lynchings in New Orleans, where 11 Italian Americans were strung up for their alleged involvement in\u00a0police chief David Hennessy\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

Hennessy\u2019s final words were rumored to have been a derogatory slur for Italians, which made the public assume a member of the Mafia was responsible.<\/p>\n

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul (second from right) attends the 2024 parade. Hochul canceled this year\u2019s parade over a nor\u2019easter. James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n

Many of the men arrested for Hennessy\u2019s murder, though, had no proven connection and had strong alibis. When six of them were acquitted, the public was outraged, and a mob broke into the city jail to kill the men.<\/p>\n

The disaster was nearly enough to inspire a full diplomatic break between the US and Italy. In reaction, President Benjamin Harrison declared a one-time national observance for the 400th anniversary of Columbus\u2019 voyage in 1892.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After that, many Italian American communities latched onto their newly valorized hero and began to fund memorials and statues in his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s 81st annual Columbus Day Parade on Monday was\u00a0canceled\u00a0due to the governor\u2019s state of emergency order…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[852,272,426,57,9,24,55,54,56,273,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-christopher-columbus","9":"tag-columbus-day","10":"tag-kathy-hochul","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-city-news","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-parades","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}