Meanwhile, in Puerto Rico, thousands of protesters blocked traffic and marched downtown to protest austerity measures imposed by the federal fiscal control board.

Pedro J. Irene Maymí: “We are repudiating the measures taken by the government of Puerto Rico and the federal fiscal control board against the workers and those measures they hope to take against workers and the rest of the country.”

We’ll have more voices from the May Day protests in the streets of New York City after headlines.