What looked like about 100 people including Tribeca neighbors joined a rally organized by Rise and Resist last night to protest suspected ICE parking at an Icon garage in Independence Plaza. (Thanks to C. and V. for the shots.)

People gathered on the corner of Greenwich and Harrison, chanting “Hey Icon, you can’t hide — we know you have ICE inside.” Councilmember Christopher Marte spoke, and folks carried signs that read “ICE out of Tribeca” and “ICE out of 35 Harrison” and, in the arms of a man with a priest collar, “Hail Mary, full of grace, kick ICE out of this place.”

I first got wind of the dozens of unmarked SUVs parked in the (also unmarked) Independence Plaza garage this spring (it’s actual address is 310 Greenwich). The press rep for Independence Plaza said that Icon leases and oversees all their garages. I tried emailing Icon several times to no avail. But Jerry Garolnick from Rise and Resist said in an email that their members “bottom-lining” feel 99.9 percent sure those are ICE vehicles.

Since the Nosy Neighbor post went up. Icon has covered the gaps in the roll-down grate so you can’t see inside.

Rise and Resist was formed in response to the 2016 election. They describe themselves as a “nonviolent direct action group… opposing, disrupting, and defeating any government, corporate or other act that threatens democracy, equality, and our civil liberties.”