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Midtown climate protest ends with 15 activists cuffed for blocking traffic during Green New Deal push

By Dean Moses Posted on October 25, 2022
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While other climate activists around the world have made their statements recently by damaging valuable art with food, demonstrators in Midtown on Tuesday took a more conventional approach: Blocking traffic to get their points across.

The end result of the Oct. 25 protest was the same as others, however, as the NYPD arrested 15 of the demonstrators for illegally occupying the intersection of Park Avenue and East 52nd Street.

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Midtown climate protest ends with 15 activists cuffed for blocking traffic during Green New Deal push

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