The Public Advocate speaks forcefully as advocates listen, holding signs from Housing Works and other organizations

Council Member Hanif speaks forcefully

Two advocates hold a "Protest banned here" poster with a map of Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx, with many pins representing educational facilities

Protesters hold a banner and signs reading "Protect Free Speech" and "We want Safety Not Censorship"

From the Civil Rights Movement to the March for our Lives against gun violence, protests in educational spaces have made history.

Campus should be a place for discussion, debate, dissent, and yes, non-violent protest.

Safety is essential—but change requires disruption.

#NoTo175B

At a time when we need young people to protest more, not less, the educational buffer zone bill is alarming.

Intro 175-B, which curbs free speech and protest at "educational facilities," is too easy to abuse and will have a chilling effect on New Yorkers pushing for change.

#NoTo175B

NYC passed 2 anti-protest bills BUT we can still stop 175B. It gives NYPD more power to set perimeters & limit free speech.

Join us to say #NoTo175B & to demand:
@mayor.nyc.gov: Veto 175-B
@council.nyc.gov: Sustain it
City Hall Park
4/16, 12PM

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/rally...

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 @speakermenin.bsky.social @ericdinowitznyc.bsky.social just passed 2 bills that restrict protest BUT we can still defeat 1 of them.

We demand:
@mayor.nyc.gov: Veto Int 175-B!
@council.nyc.gov: Sustain the veto!

Join us 4/16 @ 12PM, City Hall #NoTo175B
RSVP: tinyurl.com/rallyNo175b