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NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, forcing out pro-Palestinian student protesters who had had seized an administration building and making dozens of arrests. The NYPD was also arresting protesters gathering in the streets surrounding the Manhattan campus following the removal of students from the building. Social media posts from ...

NEW YORK — Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening, hours after administrators at the school announced Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way into a campus building are facing expulsion. It was not immediately clear from official sources if the police had entered Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administration building. Social media ...

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way Tuesday into an academic building at Columbia University are facing expulsion, university administrators announced after demonstrators damaged school property and prompted censure from the White House. The occupation began past midnight at Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administrative building, hours after the school suspended ...

At least 292 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested citywide overnight, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said Wednesday.

At least 292 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested citywide overnight, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said Wednesday.

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way into an academic building at Columbia University Tuesday now face expulsion, university administrators announced a day after the school suspended students who ignored an order to break up their encampments. The occupation began shortly after midnight at Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administrative building. It prompted the ...

A Florida man set himself on fire in a park across from Manhattan Criminal Court Friday where former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues, according to a report.

NEW YORK — Defiant students at Columbia University continued Friday to protest the war in Gaza as some Jewish students, citing ongoing tension on campus, requested permission to study remotely. The Jewish students said they felt threatened by the large, unrelenting protests surrounding the campus gates. One masked protester reportedly vowed to a group of Jewish students passing through campus ...

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams Tuesday denounced as exploitative an illegal dwelling in Queens where dozens of migrant men were found living in beds stacked in the basement of a furniture store. Fire department officials busted the makeshift housing setup on Monday around 11 p.m. during an inspection of the Richmond Hill, Queens, property in response to complaints about e-bikes stored in the ...