Memorial Day, observed in the United States during the last Monday of May, and the country's unofficial beginning of summer, is preceded by a weekend that's one of the most important release slots ...

The most violent Memorial Day weekend in that time was in 2016, when 59 people were wounded and seven killed in gunfire. Shootings dipped and then spiked again at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

Memorial Day weekend in the Big Apple saw the fewest number of shootings of any holiday since such data were first recorded 32 years ago, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday.

Businesses are now hoping the momentum continues through summer. "Just seeing how this Memorial Day weekend was, I feel as though we're going to have a good summer, 100%," Roman said.