Photos: National Puerto Rican Day Parade steps off in New York

Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera rides in a float along 5th Ave. during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People celebrate along 5th Ave. during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Oscar Lopez Rivera participates in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed when the parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Oscar Lopez Rivera participates in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Lopez Rivera was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Oscar Lopez Rivera participates in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Lopez Rivera was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio marches in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Oscar Lopez Rivera, the former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed as the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio greets marchers at the start of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Oscar Lopez Rivera, the former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed as the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A group called Jibaros en Resistencia practice their routines before the start of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Oscar Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN. was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A group called Jibaros en Resistencia practice their routines before the start of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Girls from X Dance Studio in Hartford, Conn., prepare to march in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A marching band prepares to participate in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
One woman celebrates as another gives a thumbs down as a float carrying Oscar Lopez Rivera passes during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People celebrate along 5th Ave. during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers dance as they march along 5th Ave. during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Puerto Rican activist Oscar Lopez Rivera, center, rides in a float along 5th Ave. during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People watch and cheer as a float carrying Oscar Lopez Rivera passes during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A reveler marches along 5th Ave. waving a Puerto Rican flag during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, June 11, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A woman expresses her displeasure as a float carrying Oscar Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, passes during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A police officer wears a Puerto Rican flag while working during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Oscar Lopez Rivera, former member of the militant Puerto Rican nationalist group Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, was cheered and booed as he stood proudly on a float when the Puerto Rican Day Parade stepped off Sunday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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