STOP THE WAR MACHINE: SHUT DOWN CRYE PRECISION

BROOKLYN, NY — Community members with the campaign Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (DBNY), National Iranian American Council (NIAC), NYC ICE Watch, Code Pink and allies will hold a picket and noise demo “NYC: Stop the War Machine: Shut Down Crye Precision” action on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 5:00-7:00 pm, outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard Cumberland Gate. The action targets Crye Precision, a company providing tactical military gear with headquarters as well as manufacturing warehouse inside the publicly-owned Brooklyn Navy Yard. Our communities have come together to demand the eviction of this company from our public lands because Crye Precision:

Supplies US Military’s Special Forces’ illegal war on Iran
Manufactures uniforms and tactical gear for the Israeli military
Contracts with ICE, Border Patrol, and Dept of War death squads
Supplies SWAT and other law enforcement agencies

Today, as the US military resumes its illegal war on Iranian civilian infrastructure, ICE thugs continue to brutalize community members and the families of detainees, the Israeli military continues its genocide on the people of Gaza and Lebanon, our communities have come together to cleanse our city of one of the most visible participants in the crimes committed by these military and para-military forces. American Special Forces, ICE officers, and the Israeli military depend on the gear and outfits produced by Crye Precision right here in the Brooklyn Navy Yard! Shame!

“This will be an important action and brings together the demand to terminate Crye Precision leases at Brooklyn Navy Yard with the fight against imperialist aggression in Iran and the demand for justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva and all our community members murdered at the hands of ICE mercenaries.” said a Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard organizer.

“The tenants and neighbors of the Brooklyn Navy Yard do not want to live and work next to military manufacturers, which are complicit in war crimes, genocide in Palestine, and fascist policies in the U.S. By declining to renew Easy Aerial’s lease, BNYDC has proven it can remove military manufacturers when pressured by the community. Crye Precision is the next company that BNYDC must remove from the Navy Yard.” said a BNY tenant with Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard.

For nearly two years, the DBNY campaign – comprised of Navy Yard employees, tenants, and neighbors – has sought to evict companies that are complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and the United States’ fascist abuse of immigrants. By clothing the IOF soldiers who slaughter Palestinians and the ICE agents who kidnap, brutalize, and murder immigrants, Crye Precision is deeply complicit in these crimes and does not deserve the financial benefits of the Navy Yard, which is located on city-owned property.

The Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard campaign achieved a victory this February, when BNYDC declined to renew the lease of Easy Aerial, a drone manufacturer which produces surveillance drones for both the Israeli Occupation Forces, Elbit Systems and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. To demand the eviction of Easy Aerial and Crye Precision, DBNY has organized direct actions, weekly pickets and noise demonstrations, and community outreach to Navy Yard tenants and employees. During the board meeting in February, 30 community members occupied the public lobby of Building 77, demanding both companies’ eviction.

“We are here today at Crye’s headquarters to stand in solidarity with the demand that the Brooklyn Navy Yard evict Crye Precision and permanently refuse to house companies complicit in aimless, illegal, endless wars of aggression. We as Iranian Americans will not sit by and watch the u.s. military carry out the continued targeting of civilians in Iran. As the child victims of the Minab school bombing are being laid to rest, Trump continues to openly break all human decency and international law by openly celebrating the bombing of bridges, rail roads, and other infrastructure. Crye Precision is currently producing gear for this same military stationed in the Middle East bringing death and destruction to innocent civilians. We as New Yorkers have an obligation to stand up against this complicity and demand our city do the same” Etan said, an organizer with NIAC.