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Protesters swarm Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand’s NYC offices to ‘let Gaza live’

Protesters swarm Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand’s NYC offices to ‘let Gaza live’

Anti-Israel New York City Councilwoman Tiffany Caban was among those arrested as scores of screaming protesters descended on the Manhattan offices of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday, sources told The Post.

Caban joined pro-Palestinian activists from Jewish Voices for Peace to occupy the Midtown office building, wearing T-shirts with “Let Gaza live” emblazoned across them.

New York City Council member Tiffany Caban takes part in the demonstration. REUTERS

Several protesters could be seen being zip-tied and led away as cops forced them out of the building, footage shot by Fox News showed.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many arrests were made.

Demonstrators are detained by police officers during a protest at the offices of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City on August 1, 2025. REUTERS

Banging pots and pans, the protesters stormed the building demanding Schumer and Gillibrand do more to beef up aid to Gaza.

“We are calling on them to let aid in, to stop the bombing and allow aid into the Palestinian people of Gaza right now,” Jay Saper, a spokesperson for the group, told The Post.

“This starvation crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, and so we have to raise our voices.”

The activists are from Jewish Voices for Peace. REUTERS

Saper said the group was “outraged” at the New York Senators’ vote Wednesday against Senator Bernie Sanders’ resolutions, which called on the US to restrict arms and explosives sales to Israel.

Both resolutions overwhelmingly failed in the Senate 27-70 and 24-73 for assault rifles and bombs, respectively.

“These Senators refuse to take that action to save lives and our Jewish tradition teaches us that life is precious, so that’s why we’re calling on them to block arms to Israel so that the people of Gaza can live,” Saper said.