Protesters arrested for occupying Palantir building after rallying with Mayor Mamdani against ICE

Colin Mixson and Barry Williams, New York Daily News on Apr 6, 2026

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NEW YORK — Multiple activists were arrested for occupying the lobby of the Palantir building in the West Village after a protest in which Mayor Zohran 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.

“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 protesters headed to Palantir‘s offices, located about a half mile west, at 45 W. 18th St. near Sixth Avenue, 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 protesters into custody after orders to vacate the building were ignored, according to an NYPD spokesman. Charges remained pending Monday night.

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