NY For All Advocates Blockade the Capitol

On Tuesday March 23, the NY Immigration Coalition and other supporters of the New York For All blockaded the state entrance to the Capitol, including stopping traffic on State Street. The Act would prohibit local governments and police from collaborating with ICE. The bill has not yet been re-introduced this year as changes are being negotiated. The protestors eventually went inside the Capitol to continue their protest but the state police declined to arrest people. We hear the read testimony of several people who have had negative interactions with ICE, followed by Rev. Peter Cook, and then from several of the nearly dozen state legislators who sat down on the street outside the Capitol, including Assemblymembers Sarahana Shrestha, Claire Valdez, and Diana Moreno and Senator Jabari Brisport. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.