Tens of 1000’s of New Yorkers hit the streets of Manhattan on a rain-soaked Saturday for the “No Kings Day” march towards President Trump and his administration’s more and more autocratic rule of the nation on June 14
Picture by Dean Moses
New Yorkers from all 5 boroughs are set to take to the streets once more this weekend for a brand new spherical of “No Kings” demonstrations, a part of a nationwide day of anti-Trump protests that organizers say goals to defend democracy and push again towards authoritarianism.
The March 28 mobilization will mark the third “No Kings” protest held in New York Metropolis, with rallies, marches and bridge actions deliberate throughout the town forward of a bigger citywide mass march later within the day. Organizers say the demonstrations — which beforehand drew tens of 1000’s of individuals in New York every time — are a response to what they describe because the continued consolidation of government energy, the weaponization of ICE and different federal businesses, and deep cuts to important providers, together with Social Safety, Medicaid, and public training.
The latest No Kings protest in Manhattan final October drew upwards of 100,000 folks, in accordance with police.
Jay W. Walker, a lead organizer with Fingers Off NYC, instructed New York News this weekend’s motion comes after a number of developments which have raised the stakes for the reason that final protest, and stated the demonstrations are supposed to reply what he known as “unchecked autocratic power” by the Trump administration.
No Kings protest turns into extra native
Upwards of 100,000 New Yorkers participated within the “No Kings” protest via the streets of Manhattan in October 2025, talking out towards the Trump administration.Picture by Dean Moses
Walker stated the citywide format is intentional. Reasonably than focus everybody in a single a part of Manhattan, he stated organizers need the protests to take form in neighborhoods throughout the town as a result of the problems driving the demonstrations are being felt in native communities in addition to on the nationwide stage. He stated organizers need Saturday to be seen not simply as one giant coordinated march, however as a sequence of actions generated in several neighborhoods.
The day’s occasions are scheduled to start in higher Manhattan and Queens, with a Washington Heights bridge motion deliberate from 10 a.m. to midday on the Denny Farrell Pedestrian Bridge and the “Queens Says No Kings” march operating from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills.
By noon, demonstrations will unfold to different elements of the town, together with an East Bronx rally from midday to 2 p.m. at Bronx Victory Memorial in Throggs Neck; an Higher West Facet motion from midday to 2 p.m.; and a Recent Meadows gathering from midday to 2 p.m. in northeast Queens.
Within the afternoon, protesters are anticipated to collect in Brooklyn for a Park Slope march from 1 to three p.m., assembling on Garfield Place and marching alongside Prospect Park West, whereas one other Queens motion is about for 1 to 2 p.m. on the Rockaway Seaside Amphitheater on Seaside 94th Road.
Staten Island organizers are additionally planning an indication from 1 to three p.m., and a West Harlem/Morningside Heights occasion is scheduled from 1:30 to three p.m.
The Bronx will host a second motion from 2 to 4 p.m. at Lou Gehrig Plaza, whereas a bigger No Kings NYC Mass March can be slated for two to 4 p.m., capping a day of demonstrations anticipated to attract protesters from throughout the 5 boroughs.
A pointed protest on Staten Island
On Staten Island, organizers say the native protest is supposed to succeed in residents who assist the broader motion however are unlikely to journey into Manhattan for a big march.
Laura McCarthy, a founding member of the Staten Island Motion Coalition, stated many politically engaged Staten Islanders don’t usually go into Manhattan for demonstrations, so organizers determined to carry the protest to them. She stated earlier “No Kings” protests on Staten Island have every drawn bigger crowds than the final.
McCarthy stated organizers on Staten Island additionally count on sturdy turnout as a result of, in her view, opposition has deepened as Trump’s conduct has grow to be “more pronounced,” and as considerations have grown over struggle, social providers, Medicaid, Social Safety, meals insecurity and ICE exercise within the borough.
She stated the Staten Island protest can be tied on to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, the town’s solely Republican member of Congress. Saturday’s protest is anticipated to happen outdoors Malliotakis’ workplace within the borough.
McCarthy stated a part of this system might be aimed on the lawmaker, and that organizers plan to gather letters from attendees to be delivered to her workplace. She stated the motion is meant to register native dissatisfaction not solely with Trump, however with Staten Island’s consultant in Washington.
