Cuomo Announces LGBT Memorial Commission, Designates Stonewall Inn as Historic Site

Cuomo marches in 2016 Pride Parade
Credit Gov. Cuomo press office

NEW YORK – The 2016 New York City LGBT Pride Parade took place on Sunday with perhaps the largest attendance in its history, along with the highest amount of security the event has ever seen.

Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off the 46^th annual Pride Parade at the LGBT Community Center where the Governor signed Executive Order No. 158 launching a new LGBT Memorial Commission to provide recommendations on the establishment of a new monument in New York City honoring the LGBT community, those lost in Orlando and all victims of hate, intolerance and violence.

The Governor also unveiled the “Open Doors Campaign,” a new promotional effort highlighting New York’s longstanding role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

Additionally, the Governor also designated the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement, as a New York State historic site.