Mamdani-backed socialist arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN

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Darializa Avila Chevalier, a socialist House candidate in New York, was arrested Thursday while protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to New York City amid the United Nation's General Assembly, according to photos shared on social media by her campaign and public media reports. Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th Congressional District, was among dozens of demonstrators taken into custody after protesters blocked a roadway near the United Nations General Assembly meeting Thursday, ahead of Netanyahu's address at the event. "Darializa was just arrested while peacefully protesting Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations," read a Thursday afternoon post from the candidate's social media account. "Our government has unlimited funds to arm a genocide against Palestinians but tells us there's nothing left to feed and house our own people. Stop arming Israel!" ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR SAYS NYC’S MAMDANI IS ‘SOWING CHAOS’ AHEAD OF NETANYAHU’S UN APPEARANCE The demonstration Avila Chevalier was reportedly arrested at, drew around 250 protesters to the corner of 1st Avenue and 39th Street in Manhattan, according to City & State New York. Police began making arrests after protesters sitting in the roadway refused to move. Avila Chevalier defended her participation following the arrest. "Netanyahu belongs at the Hague: not in the streets of New York City, and certainly not addressing the United Nations General Assembly," she said in a statement reported by Bloomberg. Avila Chevalier was not the only New York political figure taken into custody. City Council members Chi Ossé and Alexa Avilés were also arrested during the demonstration, according to City & State, while The Daily Mail reported actress Susan Sarandon was among those detained at the protest. Outlets reported that roughly 80 to 100 protesters who refused orders and remained at the demonstration were ultimately arrested. RISING SOCIALIST STARS ON TRACK TO CONGRESS: W…