Thirteen people were arrested Monday afternoon at a sit-in outside 250 Broadway, an office building in lower Manhattan that houses some New York State Senate and Assembly offices.
The sit-in was staged by protesters angered by the state Senate's failure to pass rent-reform legislation. Protesters blamed the failure on a key group of Democrats in the Democrat-controlled Senate, including senators Pedro Espada, Craig Johnson, and Carl Kruger..........
A pastor from the Jesuits of New York, Fr. Mark Hallinan, S.J. (here) was also present at the rally. “This is not just a political issue,” he said. “This is a moral issue.”
Link (here) to the full article at City Limits
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Glad to learn of a Jesuit presence at an important event. Sorry to inform you guys but his IS exactly what our faith demands of us.
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