New York City Cancels All Public Events in June

People stand in line for COVID-19 testing at NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health, Morrisania in the Bronx borough of New York City on April 20, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

New York City canceled all public events scheduled for June, including a number of parades, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday.

“It’s not a happy announcement, but it’s one we have to make,” he said at a press conference in the borough of Manhattan.