New York, NY Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Under Administrative Code § 10-110, organizers must apply in writing to the police commissioner on a department-prescribed form at least 36 hours before a parade, procession, or race forms or begins marching. The commissioner reviews each application and must deny a permit for an event likely to be disorderly or that would occupy a heavily congested, chiefly commercial street, except on holidays, Sundays, or during set evening/morning hours. Every permit fixes the exact route and may limit roadway width or add rules. Exemptions cover military, police, and fire department movements and parades that have marched annually on the same streets for more than 10 years before July 7, 1914.