Overview
- Police arrested 66 people after protesters occupied the Hilton Garden Inn lobby in Tribeca for roughly an hour on Tuesday evening.
- Most of those arrested were charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, and two were charged with obstruction of government administration.
- Dante de Blasio, 29, was among those arrested and was cited for disorderly conduct after refusing orders to leave, according to law enforcement and his statements.
- Organizers said they targeted the hotel based on tips that ICE personnel were being housed there, a claim disputed by a law enforcement source.
- City Hall said Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised both the demonstrators’ exercise of free speech and the NYPD’s response, as observers described a more accommodating policing posture.