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The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot, also known as the City Hall Riot, was a rally organized and sponsored by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) held on September 16, 1992, to protest mayor David Dinkins' proposal to create a civilian agency to investigate police misconduct.
An Urban Park Ranger with a Eurasian eagle-owl at a NYC Parks public bird event called Raptor Fest. While New York City is commonly associated with pigeons and other common urban birds like house sparrows and European starlings, hundreds of bird species reside in or travel through the city each year. [6]
The parade was the very first protest of its kind in New York, and the second instance of African Americans publicly demonstrating for civil rights. [32] The Silent Parade evoked empathy by Jewish people who remembered pogroms against them and also inspired the media to express support of African Americans in their struggle against lynching and ...
Demonstrators outside City Hall protest the lifting of a deed restriction on Rivington House before a City Council hearing in Manhattan, New York on Thursday, September 29, 2016.
People protest during the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, U.S., November 28, 2024. REUTERS Some unruly protesters could be seen being forcibly pried away and flipped over ...
All live poultry markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be temporarily shut down after seven local cases of bird flu were discovered this week, Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
Christopher Allieri, founder of the NYC Plover Project, a bird protection group, praised the city for taking an innovative approach to water safety. But he stressed additional precautions were necessary to ensure the drones weren’t harming the shorebird population. “Wildlife in New York is often an afterthought,” he said.
On May 19, a second rally marching to City Hall through Mott Street was held with CCBA support; with 10,000-20,000 in attendance, it was considered one of the biggest protests by Asian-Americans up to that point, with many Chinatown businesses shutting down for most of the day and hanging signs with the words "Closed to Protest Police Brutality".