Pulse owner Barbara Poma was leading the parade atop a Stonewall Inn float.
The parade had started earlier Sunday with a moment of silence for the victims of the massacre at Pulse, an Orlando gay nightclub, earlier this month. Thousands stood behind barricades as the parade made its way down Fifth Avenue and into Greenwich Village.
Al Sharpton as she walked along a part of the parade route. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rev. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was accompanied by fellow Democrats Gov. Hillary Clinton joined state and city elected officials in marching to celebrate gay pride in New York City. NEW YORK - The Latest on gay pride parades nationwide (all times local):