The New York City Council just passed two bills that could restrict where you’re allowed to protest or even gather. But we still have a chance to defeat one of them. At a time when Trump and the far right are attacking dissent and criminalizing protest across the country, NYC should be protecting our rights—not rolling them back.
Intro 175-B would let the NYPD set up “police perimeters” around schools and broadly defined “educational” sites, giving them more sweeping power to crack down on protests, limit gatherings, and expand police presence. That’s not safety, that’s censorship—which is why unions representing thousands of workers at New York City’s higher education institutions oppose it.
We know how this plays out: more discretion for NYPD, less space for New Yorkers to speak out—especially for Black, Brown, immigrant, LGBTQ people, Muslim, Jewish, young people, and workers. Silencing protest doesn’t make us safer. It makes it harder to hold power accountable and organize in moments when resistance matters most.
Now the fight isn’t over! We need Mayor Mamdani to veto Intro 175-B, and we need City Council Members to sustain that veto and defeat the bill. Join us! #SafetyNotCensorship #NoTo175B