Protest

Demonstrators From Across Nation Descend On NYC To ‘Occupy’ Wall Street

“This is just an expression of frustration with the lack of solutions by our government to address the economic crisis,” said protester Elias Holtz.

2011/09/17

New York City Opera musicians stage a protest outside the Guggenheim Museum on July 12, 2011 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Musicians Protest New York City Opera’s New Season At Guggenheim

The union members say they’re being offered a contract that would gut the chorus and orchestra, strip them of health and other benefits and turn them into freelancers. And they say they’re not even guaranteed a minimum number of work weeks.

2011/07/12

Musicians played in protest of the new "quiet zones" the Parks Department has created in Central Park. (Credit: CBS 2)

Musicians Protest New ‘Quiet Zones’ In Central Park

A crackdown in Central Park is aimed at silencing musicians in prime locations, but those artists were fighting back on Sunday, defying the rules in the new quiet zones.

2011/06/05

Parents, Teachers Protest Lawsuit Against Charter Schools In NYC

Demonstrators gathered outside the state office building on 125th Street in Harlem to demand the NAACP withdraw from a lawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers.

2011/05/27

Rutgers University students stage sit-in (credit: CBS 2)

Rutgers Students Protest Tuition Rates With Sit-In, Demonstration

Nine students have taken occupancy inside the Old Queens administration building on the New Brunswick. They’re being cheered on by about 20 more students outside.

2011/04/28

Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Chase Bank Protest

Dozens Ask For Foreclosure Help At Brooklyn Bank

A few dozen protesters gathered outside the Chase Bank in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to tell people that the bank has not done enough to prevent foreclosures.

2011/04/16

Protesters gather in Times Square to protest the Iraq War and U.S. involvement in Libya (Photo/Sophia Hall, WCBS 880)

Times Square Protesters Rally Against Iraq War, Involvement In Libya

An anti-war demonstration in Times Square that was meant to mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq quickly became a protest against the fighting in Libya.

2011/03/19

Seniors Protest Florence Smith Senior Center Closure

New Yorkers Protest Closure Of Corona Senior Center

Seniors are protesting in Queens after learning their senior center may be facing the ax as a direct result from budget cuts.

2011/03/19

Union Rally In Trenton on Feb. 25, 2011 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

NJ Unions Rally At Statehouse For Wisconsin Public Workers

Wisconsin state workers protesting a move to severely curtail their collective bargaining rights have found allies in New Jersey.

2011/02/25

Immigration Advocacy Groups Protest In Newark Over Proposed Detention Facility

Immigration advocacy groups waving signs and dressed in orange prison jumpsuits marched more than three miles across Newark Thursday to protest a proposed immigration detention facility.

2011/02/17

Banners are scene at a rally against New York City school closings on Feb. 3, 2011 (Photo/Kathleen Maloney)

Bloomberg Excoriates Protesters As Panel Votes To Close Schools

An educational panel was given a tongue-lashing Thursday night by an angry crowd upset about school closures. Another tongue-lashing came Friday from an irritated mayor who accused the crowd of overstepping its bounds

2011/02/04

People protest against the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak outside of the United Nations on January 29, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Egyptians Stage Protest Outside United Nations In NYC

Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated outside the United Nations complex in New York City on Saturday in support of the mass protests that have gripped their homeland.

2011/01/29

There are only two cemeteries in San Francisco, California. Neither accept new interments.

Demonstrators Protest At NYC Cemetery Accused Of Racism

There’s unrest at a Bronx cemetery, as dozens picketed outside Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday, carrying signs and asking to bury racism.

2010/10/09

Barringer High School - Newark, NJ - File / Photo: Newark Public Schools

Newark High School Students Protest Conditions

Two weeks after Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million donation to Newark schools, students there used the social networking site to stage a protest.

2010/10/08

NYPD Probes Manhattan Police-Involved Shooting

Police are looking into why a stun gun apparently failed before Emmanuel Paulino, who police said confronted them with a knife, was shot to death in Inwood Sunday.

2010/10/04

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