A coalition of more than 100 New York City organizations calling itself Safety Not Censorship announced a press conference and rally at Tweed Courthouse pressing the City Council to sustain Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s veto of Intro 175-B, a measure the group says would threaten free speech and the right of communities to organize. The coalition scheduled the event for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at 52 Chambers Street, ahead of what it described as the final City Council Stated session before the deadline to override the veto.

According to the coalition’s media advisory, Intro 175-B would require the New York Police Department to develop plans to police protests near schools and broadly defined “educational facilities.” The coalition characterized the bill as a direct threat to free speech, student safety and the right of communities to organize, and called on the Council to kill the measure. The advisory said the Council’s timeline to override the mayor’s veto ends May 30.