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Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC highlights post-hurricane issues

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The National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York turned into its usual boisterous celebratio­n Sunday, but many participan­ts also saw it as an occasion to express their more somber concerns about the devastatio­n caused by Hurricane Maria.

Those attending the parade voiced frustratio­n with what they said was an underrepor­ting of the death toll in Puerto Rico and a tepid emergency response by the Trump administra­tion.

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