Two of the people behind some of the most progressive nuclear disarmament legislation of any major city in the United States share some details of their work, to show what others can do to bring nuclear abolitionism home. They also give a sense of New York’s long history as a nuclear city and as a hotbed of anti-nuclear activism.
NYCAN goes to the 1964 World s Fair Unisphere to make their point against Nuclear proliferation. Left to right: Christian Ciobanu, Linda Chapman, Seth Shelden, Robert Croonquist, Brendan Fay, Emily Welty, Matthew Bolton. (Image by Donna Aceto)
On Earth Day 2021, New Yorkers rally at the iconic Unisphere in Flushing Meadows, Queens.
Call for City Council to vote and pass nuclear disarmament legislation. Resolution 976 & Introduction 1621.
For Earth Day New York members of the New York Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (NYCAN) rallied at the iconic Unisphere in Flushing Meadows, Queens calling Speaker Corey Johnson and City Council to bring nuclear disarmament legislation Resolution 976 and Introduction 1621 to the floor for a vote.