{"id":175108,"date":"2026-03-25T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175108\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:03:12","slug":"pro-palestinian-groups-to-rally-against-synagogue-buffer-zones-during-nyc-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175108\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian groups to rally against synagogue &#8216;buffer zones&#8217; during NYC vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week\u2019s daily newsletter, rounding up the latest on politics, culture, food and what\u2019s new with Jews in the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/subscribe-to-the-ny-jewish-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here to get it in your inbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">A coalition of pro-Palestinian groups plans to rally on the steps of City Hall tomorrow while the City Council votes on two measures that would restrict protests around houses of worship and educational institutions. Activists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2026\/02\/26\/ny\/pro-israel-and-anti-zionist-jews-clash-at-nyc-council-hearing-on-protest-buffer-zones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">previously protested outside the first hearing<\/a>\u00a0in February.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">The rally\u2019s organizers include Jewish Voice for Peace NYC, the New York Civil Liberties Union and PAL-Awda NY. They say the bills are \u201canti-speech\u201d and would \u201cprevent protests against the sale of stolen Palestinian land outside places of worship,\u201d reported the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/anti-israel-groups-plan-to-rally-against-nyc-buffer-zone-legislation-during-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jewish News Syndicate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America also urged members to call City Council representatives in protest against the bills. \u201cThese bills expand the capacity of the NYPD to police and surveil Black, brown, and immigrant New Yorkers, jeopardizing the safety of protestors exercising their first amendment rights and students attending school,\u201d the party <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/2036563985940529386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said in a call to action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Julie Menin, the first Jewish speaker of the City Council, proposed the legislation in response to pro-Palestinian protests outside synagogues holding Israel-related events. PAL-Awda was an organizer of those protests.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not commented on whether he will sign the legislation, saying he would await a legal review.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1898826\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1898826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-485888225.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"lobby of an office building in NYC\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1898826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">650 Fifth Avenue, a 36-story office tower near Manhattan\u2019s Rockefeller Center, is seen on April 20, 2014. 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