NYC climate change activists block FDR in lower Manhattan and West Side Highway
Climate change activists cause traffic chaos in NYC by blocking FDR in lower Manhattan and West Side Highway Protesters have blocked off both of New York City's main highways Monday morning, causing backlogs and holdups at the height of the city's rush hour The protesters blocked traffic on the FDR Drive, while a sister group assembled crosstown on the West Side Highway The protests come amid deliberations for Joe Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan - a spending bill that calls for investments in climate change mitigation
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Protesters blocked off both of New York City's main highways Monday morning, causing massive backlogs at the height of the city's rush hour.
Climate change activists from the organization Extinction Rebellion blocked off northbound traffic on the the city's FDR Drive for more than two hours, and southbound lanes crosstown on the West Side Highway as well.
The protests come amid deliberations for President Joe Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan - an ambitious social spending bill that calls for federal funds to be allocated to climate change mitigation as well as to child care, home health care and paid family leave.
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