Overview

• Demonstrators staged sit-ins at East 42nd Street and Second Avenue and at Third Avenue and East 46th Street to slow motorcades and dignitary traffic.
• The NYPD reported issuing 48 summonses for disorderly conduct, with most custody actions occurring in the late morning.
• Organized groups including Extinction Rebellion, Climate Defenders, and Rise and Resist led anti-Trump chants and carried signs criticizing the president.
• Officers permitted sidewalk demonstrations but made arrests when protesters entered the roadway, with observers describing the events as largely peaceful before traffic blockages.
• The actions added to the UN General Assembly security closures and heavy congestion on Manhattan’s East Side, and some detainees were bused for processing, according to reports.