Protesters Shut Down Manhattan Bridge Rush Hour Monday

NEW YORK CITY — Protesters shut down traffic on the Manhattan Bridge during Monday morning’s rush hour.

The march aimed to pressure lawmakers to pass an unemployment program for so-called “excluded workers” such as immigrants, freelancers and cash earners, according to social media footage.

Those workers are excluded from regular unemployment insurance in New York.

“Hundreds of excluded workers just shut down the Manhattan bridge with a 500+ person march,” tweeted @FEWCoalition.

Protesters chose a prominent New York City bridge as their focus at least in part because they’re agitating for the Unemployment Bridge Program.

City emergency management officials warned New Yorkers of traffic delays and the presence of emergency personnel.

NYPD officials told Patch they had no information on any arrests as of 9:30 a.m.