“ Pride weekend is my favorite weekend of the year.”

Sunday June 27, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT [Photos: Drag March Kicks Off Pride Weekend In Spectacular Style]( [The marchers of Drag March 2021]( [Hundreds marched from Tompkins Square Park to the Stonewall Inn on Friday night for the annual event.]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [A 2006 photo of the giant Astoria Park Pool with many swimmers in the water and the Triborough bridge in the background.]( [NYC Public Pools Open For Summer, Adding Mask Mandates To Long List Of Existing Rules]( [Masks are required everywhere in the pool facility except in the water. And yes, you still have to bring a lock.]( [A Lego sculpture of an MTA employee in an old-fashioned token booth clerk, with the old NYC subway toekn above. There's also a sign that says the J is not working and a subway map of midtown.]( [At The New 5th Avenue Lego Store, The Subway System Takes Tokens]( [The brand new Lego store also features the first-ever personalization studio where people can create custom minifigures.]( [A group of dancers perform a scene from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's iconic "Revelations." The dancers, all wearing brown costumes, all squat and lean to their left, reaching for the ground.]( [NYC Dance Mainstays Receive Millions From MacKenzie Scott]( ["We also now have the room to imagine things that were not possible before. And that is fantastic.”]( [A screen capture image taken from surveillance video showing a man dressed in black aiming a gun at another man dressed in red on the ground as two children are within inches of the shooting.]( [NYPD Arrest Suspect In Bronx Shooting Where Two Kids Dodged Gunfire]( ["Now I fear the catchphrase is the Bronx is bleeding."]( [Jones Beach State Park with a sign that reads "Be Smart, Stay Six Feet Apart".]( [COVID Hospitalizations Hit New Record Low In NY State, Cuomo Says]( ["We're finally putting the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror."]( [CCL-81 cells heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. The small spherical structures in the center of the image are SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. The string-like protrusions extending from the cells are cell projections or pseudopodium. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( [These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and State, as well as in NYC boroughs.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © 2021 New York Public Radio, All rights reserved. Terms of Use Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.