Category Archives: Manhattan
No Wars No Kings No ICE March
On January 11, 2026 protesters took to the streets across the country to protest recent government actions at home and abroad. In New York City, thousands of marchers walked peacefully from Grand Army Plaza down Fifth Avenue to 42nd Street.
2025: Year in Review
It was a tumultuous year by any measure and a year that made us think about our values as a nation. I spent most of it in New York City, covering one demonstration after another. On a trip to France … Continue reading
Macy’s Thanksgiving Balloon Inflation
The day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the enormous balloons featured in the parade have to be inflated, secured with ropes and nets, and anchored with sandbags. What used to be a neighborhood tradition for children and their parents … Continue reading
Protest in New York City, April 19, 2025
The large protest march from the New York Public Library to Central Park was perhaps smaller than the massive protest two weeks earlier, but with its two main themes of immigration and climate there was no less energy among the … Continue reading
Hands Off Protest in New York City
On April 5, tens of thousands of people, possibly 100,000, marched in New York City as part of nationwide protests against the administration. The estimate is that people joined 1600 protests across the country. In New York, the protesters filled … Continue reading
Stop the Cuts Protest
A large protest march started out at Foley Square in Manhattan on March 15, directly across from the Federal Courthouse. The protesters demonstrated against cuts to health care and the social safety net, and the firing of federal workers, marching … Continue reading
International Women’s Day Protest March 8, 2025
On March 8, 2025 there were at least three different demonstrations in downtown Manhattan. After photographing the protest at the Tesla dealership in the Meatpacking section, I went to Union Square to cover the end of the International Women’s Day … Continue reading
Protest at the Tesla Dealership
On March 8, 2025 a crowd of several hundred people gathered at the Tesla Dealership to protest Elon Musk’s actions in the Trump administration. The protest was peaceful, but a small group of people rushed past police lines into the … Continue reading
Stand Up For Science Rally March 7, 2025
With the threat of significant Federal funding cuts to major scientific and medical institutions across the country, people rallied in multiple cities to support science. At the rally in Washington Square Park, two Nobel Prize winning scientists addressed the crowd … Continue reading
President’s Day Protest
On January 17, President’s Day, protests against the Trump administration took place in all 50 state capitols. In New York City, thousands marched to Washington Square Park to protest near the great arch memorializing our first President.
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