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VIDEO: 41 People Arrested Protesting CUNY Cuts at Cuomo's Midtown Office

By Ben Fractenberg | March 24, 2016 7:24pm | Updated on March 25, 2016 10:40am

MIDTOWN — Forty-one protesters were arrested in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Midtown office Thursday after staging a die-in against proposed CUNY budget cuts, police said.

Demonstrators including CUNY faculty blocked the entrance to Cuomo's office at 633 Third Ave. at about 5 p.m. while chanting "C-U-N-Y, Don't Let CUNY Die!"