‘Coney Island babies,’ from mermaid mama to big Bill

Saturday’s Coney Island Mermaid Parade saw all manner of mermaids and mermen, plus plenty of pirates, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was accompanied by New York’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, as a blue mermaid. Their children, Dante and Chiara, were chosen to be King Neptune and Queen Mermaid of the annual boardwalk confab.