NYPD Enforces Fire-Escape Safety During Gay Pride March

Thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands) of people gathered for today's Gay Pride March, and it seems that the NYPD is serious about revelers on Christopher Street not watching the parade from fire escapes. While the Sixth Precinct's letter to Christopher Street residents simply "recommended" that fire escapes not be used for march viewing due to concerns about the escapes' structural integrity and for the public, we hear that cops are taking their suggestion seriously—a tipster says, "They just made a party of folks leave their fire escape (I think at 100 Christopher)."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 28, 2009 5:05 PM

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Emily

Oh, and I should mention that when the firemen went by, they looked up at us and said "that's awesome."

Emily

It was 98 Christopher, and my party. While it sucked that something I've been doing without issue for 5 years suddenly was forbidden, it was fun to fit 30 people in a 230 square foot apartment, and now I can say I've had a bona fide fight with the chief of police, and the cops who came into the building didn't even get mad when I offered them a donut (I was trying to be nice, I swear).

Anyway, after a while the cops left and we were able to go back out.

Jen Chung

"...when I offered them a donut (I was trying to be nice, I swear)."

HA!

Snoopy

How can the NYPD tell people that they can not be on a fire escape? Just because some individual down at city hall said if they post a warning they can? I can see the FDNY doing it, but the NYPD?

Get it together you fools at the 6th precinct. Overloaded fire escapes on gay pride day wont make your problems go away.