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NYPD Commissioner Tisch doubles down against Pride March ban on gay cops in uniform: 'PR stunt' [View all]
NYPD Commissioner Tisch doubles down against Pride March ban on gay cops in uniform: ‘PR stunt’https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/28/nypd-commissioner-tisch-doubles-down-against-pride-march-ban-gay-cops-uniform-stunt/
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Saturday doubled down in her criticism of the Pride March organizer’s decision to ban the NYPD’s Gay Officers Action League from participating in the annual event in New York City.
In a strongly worded letter to the event’s organizer, Heritage of Pride, calling the group hypocrites, Tisch demanded that it change its stance on the officers’ exclusion from the celebratory procession. The top cop slammed the new reason given for not letting the gay officers march — namely, that it would violate the event’s no-weapons policy — calling it a “PR stunt” and “Not a solution.”
“It is also the height of hypocrisy to request the security and protection of thousands of armed, uniformed police officers for The March on Sunday and then ban from that event the very officers that proudly represent your community,” Tisch said in the letter.
“In a year when LGBTQ+ rights are under siege in ways we had thought were behind us, this is the time to stand together, not to splinter,” Tisch added. “In that light, I urge you to reconsider your decision here. Regardless of the ultimate outcome.”
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In a strongly worded letter to the event’s organizer, Heritage of Pride, calling the group hypocrites, Tisch demanded that it change its stance on the officers’ exclusion from the celebratory procession. The top cop slammed the new reason given for not letting the gay officers march — namely, that it would violate the event’s no-weapons policy — calling it a “PR stunt” and “Not a solution.”
“It is also the height of hypocrisy to request the security and protection of thousands of armed, uniformed police officers for The March on Sunday and then ban from that event the very officers that proudly represent your community,” Tisch said in the letter.
“In a year when LGBTQ+ rights are under siege in ways we had thought were behind us, this is the time to stand together, not to splinter,” Tisch added. “In that light, I urge you to reconsider your decision here. Regardless of the ultimate outcome.”
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