First Goya Foods pulls its $200,000 from the parade.
after it was announced that former FALN kingpin Oscar Lòpez Rivera will be honored as a “National Freedom Hero” at the event.
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The Sergeants Benevolent Association joined the Hispanic groups in calling for a parade-sponsor boycott.
Gov. Cuomo’s waffling on whether he’ll attend the parade.
On Thursday, López Rivera returned to his home neighborhood of [Chicago’s] Humboldt Park.
Good for some people and organizations with a moral compass and backbone. Neither of which Cuomo has. But, perhaps their good example will intimidate him into the right decision.
So happy! there is momentum on a concerted “pushback” by big players such as Goya, and the NYPD, against the current issue with the Puerto Rican parade. The core values and root culture of Puert Rican citizens are less and less represented in these street events.