Traditional St. Patrick’s breakfast at Jody’s is canceled; owner decries ‘idiots’ running exclusionary parade

By Paul Liotta | Silive.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The local St. Patrick’s Parade will take place along Forest Avenue March 5, but the 2023 event will be without another tradition seen in years past.

Organizers of a longstanding political breakfast at Jody’s Club Forest announced Wednesday that they would discontinue the tradition in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ groups excluded by the parade’s organizers.

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