‘No Kings’ Protests Planned This Weekend Uptown: What To Know

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A second series of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with demonstrations scheduled all over the city.

The largest demonstration in Manhattan is likely to be the one in Father Duffy Square at Broadway and West 47th Street, but there are two local demonstrations happening in Washington Heights and Morningside Heights.

Here's everything you need to know about the two uptown demonstrations.

NO KINGS Hudson River Brigade

• What: The Hudson River Brigade will "serve up joyful resistance and maximum visibility to car traffic on an overpass bridge in Upper Manhattan," the organization says.
• Note: The event is at capacity on the No Kings website.
• When: 10-12:00pm and 12:00-2:00pm
• Where: Fort Washington Avenue and West 164th Street on an overpass bridge

NO KINGS Morningside Heights-Manhattanville

• What: This is a neighborhood rally for those who can't make the trek to Midtown, the organizer told Patch. So far, nearly 700 people are registered to participate.
• When: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Where: West 125th Street & Amsterdam Avenue
• To register for the event or to learn more,click here.

No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.

In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump’s 79th birthday.

At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.

A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”

He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”

“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.

The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.

“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”

No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care and higher costs of living.

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