{"id":7913,"date":"2025-10-18T21:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/7913\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:03:11","slug":"around-600-people-gather-in-no-kings-protest-against-trump-on-staten-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/7913\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 600 people gather in \u2018No Kings\u2019 protest against Trump on Staten Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A steady stream of protestors waving signs and American flags lined a stretch of Victory Boulevard on Saturday afternoon as part of nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

About 600 protestors rallied across the street from the office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis in Castleon Corners before marching along the busy road toward Clove Lakes Park.<\/p>\n

In exercising their First Amendment right, the protestors largely denounced the Trump administration with many comparing him to a king with authoritarian tendencies.<\/p>\n

\"NoMike DeCillis (center left), a former Staten Islander who now lives in Bay Ridge and one of the organizers of the \u201cNo Kings\u201d event, speaks at\u00a0the “No Kings” protest in Castleton Corners on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing in the courts how Trump is ignoring the courts, how Congress is not being an equal co-branch of government and they\u2019re basically just rubber-stamping whatever Trump wants. And we\u2019re seeing a genuine erosion of our rights,\u201d said one of the event organizers, Mike DeCillis, a former Staten Islander who now lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. \u201cWhat I would like to say to the other side is the fact that we are not the scary monsters that they have literally said.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gathering was an amalgamation of old and young, with some simply wielding signs and others donning inflatable animal costumes. The latter form of demonstration has become increasingly popular at anti-ICE protests.<\/p>\n

Patrick Cannone, a Dongan hills resident, criticized Trump for welcoming candidates into his cabinet who he feels are unqualified for their roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to arrest criminals that are undocumented, but not hardworking people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\"NoScenes from the “No Kings” protest in Castleton Corners on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n

At numerous times throughout the event, the crowd chanted, \u201cHey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go.\u201d Another chant called for Trump to be locked up and a third urged Trump to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.<\/p>\n

Jo Rossicone, a Castleton Corners resident, told the Advance\/SILive.com that her father fought in Germany during World War II and expressed that she didn\u2019t want the country to become a fascist state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really cannot stand living in America as it is today \u2014 where people have no rights; where things happen to people that should not happen to people; where we have one party in government that doesn\u2019t use common sense but follows whatever their leader says without considering the people that they represent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"NoCarolyn Antonucci (left) and Jo Rossicone (right) at the “No Kings” protest in Castleton Corners on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a protestor, I\u2019m 77 years old and this is the last thing I ever thought I was going to do,\u201d Rossicone added.<\/p>\n

The protest remained peaceful and was overseen by the NYPD, who ensured a safe event and guided the flow of traffic. At numerous times, vehicles passing honked in support of the protestors, generating an audible reaction of approval from the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been on Staten Island for three generations,\u201d said Adrienne Ferretti, a longtime borough resident. \u201cWhat I learned, right from when I was young, you voted for the person. We never voted Republican or Democrat necessarily, you voted for the person. And that\u2019s what made Staten Island what it is. Now, we are so obviously separated along severe party lines and that\u2019s a shame, because I still vote for the person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NoRichard Ryan (left) and Adrienne Ferretti (right) at the “No Kings” protest in Castleton Corners on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n

Joining the protestors at Saturday\u2019s event was Radhakrishna Mohan, candidate for Mid-Island City Council. He shared that he joined the protestors to support federal workers experiencing layoffs.<\/p>\n

In addition to Staten Island, \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations took place across the country in cities like Manhattan, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.<\/p>\n

Back in June, DeCillis hosted another \u201cNo Kings\u201d rally<\/a>, which drew more than 200 protesters to Castleton Corners.<\/p>\n

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