A Queens woman is one step closer to realizing her dream of seeing a ticker tape parade in lower Manhattan to honor 9/11 first responders.
The WTC Redevelopment Committee of Manhattan Community Board 1 last night approved Jill Singer's idea in a 6-0 vote, with one member abstaining. Singer still needs an NYPD permit and approval from Mayor Bloomberg's office, she said.
"I'm elated," Singer said. "The mayor's office has been talking about doing some remembrance for responders for a while now. Now we're going to go tell them, 'Let's get it done.'"
Singer, 44, of Forest Hills, has been a first responders' activist for a decade and said she became incensed upon learning responders weren't invited to be part of the opening of the 9/11 memorial.
"It's just such a slap in the face," Singer said. "If it wasn't for those responders there would be no memorial site. It wouldn't be cleaned up."
Singer wants the parade to take place the week of May 25 next year, marking a decade since the last piece of steel was removed from the attack site.
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