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Thursday New Yorkers will be rallying to demand an end to Mayor Eric Adams’ policies and budget cuts to essential services, which have made life harder for working-class communities across the city.
WHAT: Protest: The Real State of the City Under Eric Adams
WHEN: Thursday, January 9, 2025
TIME: 11:00 AM
WHERE: The Apollo, 253 West 125th Street, NYC
Under Mayor Adams’ leadership, New York City has faced:
- Cuts to education, childcare, parks, and essential services that working families rely on.
- Soaring rent increases and housing policies that prioritize profits over people’s basic needs.
- Corruption and pay-to-play practices that have wasted millions of public dollars while the administration faces legal battles and allegations of misconduct.
- Rollbacks on civil rights, including the return of harmful policing practices like stop-and-frisk, increased jailing, and failure to close Rikers Island despite a decade of community advocacy.
- Xenophobic rhetoric and policies that scapegoat newly arrived immigrants for budget cuts and mismanagement, fueling hateful narratives that make all New Yorkers less safe.
The protest will unite diverse voices calling for a city that prioritizes education, housing justice, public safety rooted in community care, and leadership that puts people over profits.
WHY: New Yorkers are coming together to demand a city government that serves its residents—not special interests. This multi-issue protest will showcase the overwhelming support for a vision of New York City that prioritizes dignity, care, and justice for all.
WHO: Freedom Agenda, The People’s Plan NYC, New York Communities for Change (NYCC), Make the Road NY, Metropolitan Council on Housing, Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Muslim Organizing Collective, Malikah Safety Center
VISUALS: Protesters with signs, banners, and chants representing various issues—including education, housing justice, police reform, and immigrant rights — with images of Mayor Eric Adams.
