Eric Adams joins parade festivities
Eric Adams, who was announced Tuesday as the winner of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, was among those joining parade festivities.
The former police captain declined to comment on the race to ABC New York station WABC, insisting the day was about essential workers.
"We need to honor them [essential workers] with pay equity ... we need to show them the respect they deserve," Adams said.
![PHOTO: Health Care workers walk during the "Hometown Heroes" ticker tape parade on July 7, 2021, in New York City.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/nurses-parade-gty-ps-210707_1625674295427_hpMain.jpg)
![PHOTO: People hold up a signs as they take part in the "Hometown Heroes" ticker tape parade, to honor essential workers for their work during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New York City, July 7, 2021.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/parade-crowd-signs-rt-ps-210707_1625674088849_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is also at the party.
Department of Sanitation workers, who were among those honored in the parade, will also get to work cleaning up the confetti once the festivities end.