Activist arrested for pizza-throwing protest at New York City Hall

Scott LoBaido, an artist and activist, was seen in a social media video repeatedly hurling pizza slices from pizza boxes over the fence and onto the grounds of City Hall.

A protester who threw pizza slices at City Hall in New York City was handcuffed and detained by police. Mayor Eric Adams has approved a new law requiring most pizzerias to install emissions control devices for their ovens.He remarked to the police as he was getting handcuffed that he was just tossing the pizza “to feed the pigeons.”“It’s only supposed to be a ticket for littering. You’re not supposed to get arrested,” a person in the crowd said in response to the police officers.

A protester then yelled at the police, “Illegals are coming in and murdering people, but we’re getting arrested?”LoBaido began protesting last year when New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s Department of Environmental Protection proposed that city restaurants be required to cut down on emissions from their coal- and wood-fired ovens with emission control devices.

“They should be focused on the lack of security and safety in our communities, but instead, they’re picking on a bunch of small businesses,” Rep. Marc Molinaro said to theIt is not the first time LoBaido has flung pies onto the grounds of City Hall. He made a viral video in June 2023 with close to 5 million views. He likened his efforts to the protests leading to the American Revolution.

“You ever heard of the Boston Tea Party? Well, this is the New York Pizza Party!” he declared in the social media video.His pizza throwing was captured again at the end of the 2023 video when he opened a pizza box and began chucking pizza slices over the City Hall fence.

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