Multiple activists were arrested for occupying the lobby of the Palantir building in the West Village after a protest in which Mayor Mamdani stood with hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers on the sixth night of Passover to protest the federal immigration crackdown.
Mamdani joined more than 500 activists at Union Square for “Sedar in the Streets,” a protest in which demonstrators recite prayers, sing songs and rally against corporate collusion with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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Protestors are led to NYPD vans after being arrested for occupying the lobby of Palantir Technology’s offices during a protest organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Monday, April 6, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
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Protestors are led to NYPD vans after being arrested for occupying the lobby of Palantir Technology’s offices during a protest organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Monday, April 6, 2026 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)
“Thank you for showing us what it looks like, showing us what it means to live out the lessons of Passover,” Mamdani said. “Lessons of hope overcoming fear, of solidarity being able to overcome isolation, and the knowledge that at the end of the story, freedom is attained, and with it the sweetness of liberation.”
After rallying at the park, the protestors headed to Palantir‘s offices, located about a half mile west, at 45 W. 18th St. near Sixth Ave., where they joined another demonstration in which more than two dozen activists occupied the building’s lobby as hundreds more waited outside.
Police took multiple protestors into custody after orders to vacate the building were ignored, according to an NYPD spokesman. Charges remained pending Monday night.