YOU WILL GET ANY ALERTS TO ANY
FLOODING ISSUES WE WILL PUSH OUT
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEK.
>>> CITY BRIDGES AND TUNNELS ARE
FLOWING AGAIN, THIS AFTER
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
BLOCKED SOME OF THEM DURING A
MORNING RUSH.
IT HAPPENED AT BROOKLYN, WILLIAMSBURG AND MANHATTAN
BRIDGES, AS WELL AS THE HOLLAND
TUNNEL.
WE LEARNED POLICE ARRESTED 334 PEOPLE TODAY.
ERICA PIEBYFIELD HAS MORE DETAIL
>> Reporter: THE POLICE MADE
ARRESTS AT ALL FOUR CROSSINGS
TODAY.
THE MAYOR MADE IT CLEAR THAT PROTESTING IN THE CITY IS OKAY
BUT DISRUPTING TRAFFIC IS NOT.
AROUND 10:00 A.M. TRAFFIC IN
LOWER MANHATTAN STALLED AS
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS WADED
INTO SOME OF THE BUSIEST
CROSSINGS IN THE CITY AND STOOD
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER OR SAT DOWN.
A COORDINATED EFFORT HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE WITH HUGE BANNERS THAT
READ "LIFT THE SIEGE ON GAZA,
CEASEFIRE NOW" BLOCKED ACCESS TO
THE HOLLAND TUNNEL, MANHATTAN
BRIDGE, BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE.
FRUSTRATING POLICE AND ANGERING
DRIVERS.
>> THE DRIVER IS ON THE SIDEWALK
BECAUSE THE SAME AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: WE SAW A FEW
PRO-ISRAEL SUPPORTERS IN THE
MIX, THEY SAY THEY SAW THE
DEMONSTRATION THEIR WINDOWS AND
RUSHED OUTSIDE. >> I THINK THAT MY FRIEND, SHE
IS A PRISONER IN GAZA AND I WANT
HER TO BE RELEASED.
THIS IS MY THOUGHTS.
>> Reporter: CITIZEN VIDEO SHOWS
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM ABOVE,
DOZENS OF PEOPLE, SOME IN
CONSTRUCTION-STYLE BRIGHT VESTS REFUSED TO MOVE.
THE NYPD THEN DEPLOYED RESOURCES
ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR.
>> FROM MY OBSERVATIONS WE HAD
OUR DRONES UP AND GAVE ME A REAL
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW WHAT WAS TAKING
PLACE.
>> Reporter: AT A MIDDAY
BRIEFING MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAID
THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CONFLICT
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, BUT HE
SAYS BLOCKING TRAFFIC IS
UNCALLED FOR. >> THE GOAL IS TO PEACEFULLY
PROTEST WITHOUT DOING MAJOR
DISRUPTION TO THE CITY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST DRIVING
TO AND FROM CROSSING OUR BRIDGES
TO GO TO THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, SOME ARE THEM ARE
DEALING WITH SOME REAL
EMERGENCY-TYPE ISSUES.
>> Reporter: EVENTUALLY OFFICERS
IN ALL FOUR LOCATIONS MOVED IN,
CUFFING AND REMOVING THOSE IN THE WAY.
AT THE HOLLAND TUNNEL ALONE PORT
AUTHORITY POLICE ARRESTED 120
PEOPLE WHILE THE NYPD SAYS IT
REMOVED DOZENS OF PROTESTERS.
THE OFFICERS EVEN FORCED TO USE
A SAW TO BREAK THROUGH CEMENT TO
MAKE SOME OF THOSE ARRESTES.
>> THEY’RE FIGHTING THIS ON THE
STREETS OF NEW YORK.
NOBODY CARES NOTHING -- NOBODY
CARES ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS IN NEW
YORK.
>> Reporter: A REPRESENTATIVE
WITH THE NYPD TELLS US THAT SOME
OF THOSE PROTESTERS GOT DESK APPEARANCE TICKETS.
THEY ALSO SAID THAT SOME OTHER