FILE – Protesters on the No Kins rally in Midtown Manhattan in October 2025.
Photograph by Lloyd Mitchell
Tens of 1000’s of New Yorkers are anticipated to march Saturday for a brand new spherical of “No Kings” demonstrations throughout the 5 boroughs in a nationwide motion towards the Trump administration.
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 contributors 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 companies, 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 individuals, in response to 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 mentioned the demonstrations are supposed to reply what he known as “unchecked autocratic power” by the Trump administration.
No Kings protest turns into extra native
Walker mentioned the citywide format is intentional. Relatively than focus everybody in a single a part of Manhattan, he mentioned 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 degree. He mentioned organizers need Saturday to be seen not simply as one giant coordinated march, however as a collection 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 working from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at MacDonald Park in Forest Hills.
By noon, demonstrations will unfold to different components 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 ready for 1 to 2 p.m. on the Rockaway Seaside Amphitheater on Seaside 94th Avenue.
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.
