The parade was portrayed in a negative aspect following the controversial 2000 parade in an 2001 episode of the long-running NBC crime series Law & Order titled "Sunday in the Park with Jorge".
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In 2009, organizers selected internationally recognized telenovela actor Osvaldo Ríos, as the parade's "Special Guest Star".
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On June 8, 2013, Mulero performed in La Guerra, an event held prior to the Puerto Rican Day Parade, defeating Bestia 666.
On November 9, 2003, Soto Toro, along with another Puerto Rican Astronaut applicant, Henry Bursian Berríos, and Ninfa Segarra, who was the first Hispanic Deputy Mayor of New York City, were named the Grand Marshals of the Puerto Rican Day Parade held in Palm Bay, Florida.
The 2000 Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks formed the basis of episode 11-11 of the NBC police procedural Law & Order episode "Sunday in the Park with Jorge", in which many woman were accosted and one found murdered in Central Park.