Police will provide first response and security “only when absolutely necessary as mandated by city officials,” the group said, adding it hoped to keep police officers at least one city block away from event perimeter areas where possible. At Capital Pride 2022, we will not only celebrate our accomplishments, we will continue to give voice to inequality, inequity, injustice and inspire. It will also increase the event's security budget to boost the presence of community-based security and first responders while reducing the police department's presence. FILE - In this Sunday, Jfile photo, NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade in New York. Capital PRIDE 2022, scheduled this year from Wednesday June 1st with our Flag Raising and Kick Off events, right through the return of the Capital PRIDE Parade & Festival on Sunday June 12, 2022. “The sense of safety that law enforcement is meant to provide can instead be threatening, and at times dangerous, to those in our community who are most often targeted with excessive force and/or without reason,” the group said. In their statement, NYC Pride urged members of law enforcement to “acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward.” The New York Pride parade steps off from 16th Street and 7th Avenue, heading down 7th Avenue then along Christopher Street and W 8th Street before heading down. NEW YORK – Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ people and history.