Grand Marshal Sandra Lindsay, the first person in the United States to receive an approved COVID-19 vaccine, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, Mayor Bill Di Blasio and Charlene McCray, Eric Adams and more attend the Hometown Heroes Ticker-tape Parade along the Canyon of Heroes on July 7, 2021 in New York. The parade included a variety of different floats, representing the groups of essential workers who served this city heroically throughout the pandemic.
Photos by Bruce Cotler and Debra L. Rothenberg