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The parade kicks off at noon on Sixth Avenue and runs between 36th and 55th streets.
A volunteer group led by famed civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel says it has placed more than 400 homeless people in shelters over the last two years.
Laura Kavanagh's exit has fueled questions about the fire department's male-dominated environment and glaring gender inequality.
Gen Z and millennial activists may already have influenced the discussion on reparations.