Susan Sarandon arrested at NY State Capitol protesting for ‘fair’ wages
nypost.comaccording to the website.Legislators passed the 2023-2024 $229 billion spending plan last week, preparing to increase the minimum hourly wage to $17.The New York State Police told the Post that the members protesting were sitting and blocking walking traffic and were asked multiple times to move to a safer location.
The eight individuals refused to move and requested to be arrested. “On May 8, 2023, at about 1:00 p.m., individuals who identified as members of a group called ‘One Fair Wage’ were collected in the North Concourse Legislative Lobby.
They began sitting and obstructing walking traffic through the area,” reads a statement from New York State Police. “They were instructed multiple times to move to a safer location, but eight of the group’s members refused and requested to be arrested.
Those eight individuals were arrested, each for one count of Disorderly Conduct which is a violation-level offense. All have been processed and released with appearance tickets returnable to the Albany City Court on a later date.
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