Black Lives Matter – The Junction

Hours before the City Council Budget Vote

On June 30th, 2020, after a month of Black Lives Matter protests across the city and a week-long Occupation outside City Hall, the City Council was preparing to vote on the annual budget due at midnight. It remained to be seen whether the council would vote down the proposed budget by Mayor Bill de Blasio […]

Signs of the Occupation

On Tuesday night, Black Lives Matter activists occupied City Hall in lower Manhattan to demand that Mayor Bill de Blasio cut the NYPD budget by $1 billion. The activists plan to stay until at least June 30th, when the Mayor and City Council announce the new budget. I went down to the occupation on Friday […]