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On Tuesday night, dozens of New Yorkers crashed a Hudson River Park Trust public meeting to demand that the trust immediately cancel its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which allows the agency to park its vehicles at Pier 40, a popular community recreation venue.
"Hudson Trust, you can't hide, we have justice on our side," chanted protesters at the rally, which was organized by Chelsea Neighbors United and the NYC-DSA Immigration Justice Working Group, as they marched around the Pier 57 building before going inside to confront trust leaders head-on.
The trust, however, is not budging. In advance of Tuesday's meeting, a Hudson River Park Trust spokesperson told Hell Gate that, after legal consultation, it had decided it would not break its contract with the Trump administration before it expires on June 30.