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New York honors essential workers with 'Hometown Heroes' parade

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New York City honors its essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in a "Hometown Heroes" ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan. Among those partaking are Eric Adams, the newly-declared winner of the New York mayoral race's Democratic primary, and Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse who became the first American to receive an authorized coronavirus vaccine. IMAGES

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