Fed vehicles booted from NYC parking garage after raucous anti-ICE protest
A major Big Apple tech company yanked nine federal government vehicles from a Greenwich Village parking garage it leases following a raucous anti-ICE protest at the site last week.
A rep for Metropolis said it removed the fed-owned vehicles from the garage at 18-20 Morton Street after dozens of activists blocked traffic outside the facility on May 14, chanting, ringing cowbells and holding a massive banner that read, “ICE parks here,” according to a report by Gothamist.
“As soon as we were made aware that these nine vehicles had been parked for a short duration, we took immediate action to have them removed,” company spokesperson Elizabeth Levitan told the outlet.
The demonstration was organized by Chelsea Neighbors United, which apparently identified one federal vehicle that was previously parked at Pier 40, which has long had a deal with ICE to use that facility.
“Demonstrators block Morton Street in Greenwich Village protesting the Metropolis Parking Garage for renting spaces to The Department of Homeland Security for ICE vehicles,” the group posted on Instagram.
“Protesters tell local garages ‘Don’t Collaborate With ICE’ ‘Make New York City a safe and welcoming city for immigrants and for everyone.”
It is unclear if the booted vehicles were being used by ICE or other federal government agencies.
Protesters have targeted city parking locations in the past in an attempt to block vehicles that have been used to arrest illegal immigrants for deportation — including a rowdy demonstration at another Lower Manhattan garage in November that saw 150 activists clash with NYPD cops.
Reps for Metropolis and ICE did not respond to requests for comment from The Post Thursday.
