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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: Protest

Posted inActivism

Protestors Lay Flowers at Doorstep of the 94th Precinct

by Ben WeissJuly 13, 2020August 14, 2020

More than 100 demonstrators laid flowers at the doorstep of the 94th Precinct Thursday evening, each flower meant to represent someone who had been affected by police brutality. “It’s love […]

Posted inCommunity

Skyline Drive-In NYC Comes Under Criticism After Opening to Fanfare

by Ben WeissJuly 6, 2020August 12, 2020

After opening to widespread acclaim from the media in mid-June, Skyline Drive-In NYC (1 Oak St.) has come under criticism for screening two movies that feature characters in yellow and […]

Posted inNews

Protestors Rally in Front of Council Member Levin’s Apartment During Budget Vote

by Ben WeissJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020

Protestors clanged and banged in front of Council Member Stephen Levin’s apartment yesterday evening as he joined a majority of members that passed the City Council’s budget for the upcoming […]

Posted inNews

Tommy’s Tavern Protestors Condemn Alleged Racism of Owner

by Ben WeissJune 19, 2020August 4, 2020

More than 100 protestors gathered Thursday afternoon in front of Tommy’s Tavern (1041 Manhattan Ave.), a local dive bar on Manhattan Avenue, to condemn the owner’s recent behavior towards a […]

Posted inNews

Public Rally for Locked-Out Key Food Workers Happens on 5/19

by Greenpointers StaffMay 6, 2019May 9, 2019

UPDATE: The rally has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 19th, from noon- 1 p.m. at the Greenpoint Key Food. Approximately 40 Key Food meat department workers at seven local stores, […]

Posted inNews

Amazon Protest Gains Steam on Cyber Monday

by Aaron SimonNovember 26, 2018November 27, 2018

A protest entitled, Protect Queens #NoAmazonNYC, has received a large response with over 500 people RSVPing and thousands ‘interested’ in the action hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, the political […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

Still She Persisted! Sister Francis Gerard Kress: The Fighting Environmentalist Nun

by Geoff CobbApril 3, 2017March 4, 2022

Today almost all the local people know about the massive pollution of Newtown Creek and the oil plume that sits under Greenpoint, but it was not always so. One of […]

Posted inCommunity, Culture, News

Protests for #ericgarner #blacklivesmatter Today (12/4)

by Jen GDecember 4, 2014

We have some big issues in NYC to think about after the failure to indict the police offer who killed Eric Garner. Lighting the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is a […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Update: NYC Transportation Activism

by GinaApril 8, 2014April 7, 2014

Last week we talked about speed cameras being voted out of the city budget, which could be a major road block for Vision Zero, de Blasio’s ambitious campaign to end […]

Posted inEvents

FIGHT THE TOWERS! – Rally For Greenpoint Tonight (9/4)

by Jen GSeptember 4, 2013September 4, 2013

Save Greenpoint, a local activist group made up of Greenpoint residents, who according to their website “expect the revitalization of our waterfront to be responsibly site-specific in scale and scope,” […]

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