{"id":356010,"date":"2026-09-24T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356010\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:10:49","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-local-lawmakers-taken-into-custody-during-protest-as-israel-pm-speaks-at-un-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356010\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Local Lawmakers Taken Into Custody During Protest As Israel Pm Speaks At Un General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Local lawmakers were taken into custody during a large protest in Manhattan ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Councilmembers Chi Oss\u00e9 and Alexa Avil\u00e9s were among those detained as the demonstration took over First Avenue, according to their spokespeople.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Jewish Voice for Peace, a grassroots movement, led the protest. According to its organizers, a number of local elected and public figures, as well as and congressional nominees, marched alongside approximately 400 New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The movement says it stands with Palestinians and is calling on the world to stop providing arms to Israel in the ongoing war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Citizen app footage of First Avenue shows the large group of protesters flooding the street, met by numerous NYPD officers.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The NYPD confirms multiple arrests were made but has not provided an exact number as of 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A spokesperson for Oss\u00e9 says the councilmember is being held at 1 Police Plaza in lower Manhattan. No official charges have been filed.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Earlier this week, ahead of Netanyahu&#8217;s arrival, <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/news12.com\/2026\/09\/23\/expect-surprises-netanyahu-and-mamdani-feud-ahead-of-un-arrival\/4j3IGyXeJdl8YELMD5NY59\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tension escalated between himself and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Other protests are expected throughout the day. Stay with News 12 for more on this developing story.<\/p>\n<p><img data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790280649_15_Screenshot_2026-09-24_135959.png\"   alt=\"Screenshot_2026-09-24_135959.png\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local lawmakers were taken into custody during a large protest in Manhattan ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-356010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}