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Some city teachers protest vaccine mandate
While the city claims to have thousands of substitute teachers and paraprofessionals waiting in the wings to supplant employees, many, including the U.F.T., are highly skeptical that the plan in place will adequately address their absence.
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Activists chain themselves to the tree to save East River Park
The New York City Council wants to build flood control in the Lower East Side.
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Preachers, Pole Dancers, and Protesters rally against vaccine mandates at New York’s Freedom Rally
They were also opposed to the requirement that NYC patrons of indoor dining and fitness facilities display vaccine cards, which they refer to as “Totalitarian Vaccine Passports” and “Movement Licenses.”
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Despite Chauvin’s guilty verdict, activists will not stop fighting for justice
With the most recent police killings of people of color another wave of protest against police violence is beginning across the country.
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New Yorkers peacefully protest the grand jury verdict in the Breonna Taylor case
Despite pressure from the public for months following Taylor's shooting, an EMT shot dead as she slept in her bed during a botched warrant execution, all but one officer is being charged—and not for murder.
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Protests continue on Independence Day
Protestors burnt textbooks and demanded history to be rewritten
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After NYC passes it’s budget, protestors clash with police
This was after the City Council passed it's budget including the $1 billion protesters were asking authorities to cut from the NYPD budget.
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NYC’s new budget cuts police funding
The budget was announced as demonstrators camped in City Park for the past week.
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NYC’s city hall is “occupied”
They say they are not leaving until June 30th.
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Moms lead kids in Black Lives Matter protests
"I felt compelled to create a safe space where the kids felt safe to express themselves and be on the right side of history."