The son of former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Dante de Blasio, was among dozens of protestors arrested for occupying a Manhattan hotel that activists accused of housing federal immigration agents, law enforcement sources told the Daily News. Dante, 29, was charged with disorderly conduct aft er he refused to obey NYPD orders to vacate the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca on Sixth Ave. near West Broadway around 6 p.m. Tuesday, sources said. “I was arrested while protesting the deployment of ICE agents to New York City,” the former mayor’s son told The News. “ ICE is operating like a rogue, authoritarian agency, snatching people, including many U.S. citizens, off the streets with impunity. “ICE’s violent and authoritarian tactics are un-American. Clamping down on protests and murdering citizens for the crime of speaking out and protesting is a direct contradiction of the founding principles of our country. ICE has no place in New York City.” The protesters held signs that read “Hilton stop housing ICE” and “Hilton don’t let ICE stay” as they rallied inside the lobby for more than 45 minutes, decrying the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns in Minneapolis — where agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens this month,— and other communities. Anti-ICE protesters occupy the Hilton Garden Inn on Sixth Avenue in Tribeca, Manhattan, holding signs that call for the hotel to stop housing federal immigration enforcement agents on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) In all, police took 66 people into custody at the protest, with all but two of those arrested being charged with criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. “Many of the cops on duty that night were the children of immigrants or immigrants themselves, I believe that they too understood the stakes of the present crisis,” Dante de Blasio said. The remaining two protesters were charged with obstruction of government administration for trying to prevent cops from pulling protesters out of the lobby. They were given desk appearance tickets ordering them to court to answer the charges in a few weeks, an NYPD spokeswoman said. An activist with Sunrise Movement NYC said protest organizers zeroed in on the Tribeca Hilton after receiving multiple tips the hotel was hosting ICE agents. “We were following the lead of our friends in Minneapolis who have been dealing with Hiltons there housing ICE agents,” said 25-year-old Carly Shaffer. “They’ve been leading a pretty aggressive campaign to get Hilton to stop housing ICE agents. If these agents don’t have a place to sleep, they can’t be in our neighborhoods terrorizing them.” A law enforcement source, however, told The News on Wednesday that no ICE agents were staying at the hotel Tuesday night. A City Hall spokesperson said Mayor Mamdani praised the NYPD — and the protestors. “Mayor Mamdani commends the protestors who exercised their right to protest against ICE today,” said spokesperson Dora Pekec. “As he has said, ICE is a rogue agency that has repeatedly carried out cruel, inhumane and lawless raids and arrests of American citizens. The mayor is also pleased with the NYPD’s response to the protest and that today’s demonstration concluded without violence.” ...read more read less