Heavy rain and gusty winds sweeping through New York City on Monday led to the cancellation of two major holiday events: the annual Columbus Day Parade and a celebration of Indigenous Peoples on Randall’s Island.

Parade organizers announced late Sunday that the event, a decades-old tradition featuring marching bands and community groups along Fifth Avenue, would not be rescheduled.

However, a special mass honoring the day’s Italian American heritage is still scheduled for Monday morning at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

City officials also confirmed that the Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration, one of the largest such gatherings in the world, has been called off because of the weather. The two-day festival typically draws thousands of participants and performers representing Native communitie

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