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The encampment began Friday, continuing a weeklong surge of protests on Beinecke Plaza in favor of military weapons divestment. Over 600 pro-Palestine protesters have gathered; pro-Israel demonstrators also were on the Plaza but left at 11 p.m.
The two new plans aim to improve diversity ratios in public schools around the city and student literacy in various subject areas.
After previous efforts failed to produce new housing, the new amendment is intended to remove barriers to constructing accessible dwelling units, providing more housing in densely populated areas of New Haven.
A two-month effort to lobby the Board of Alders for a ceasefire resolution, uniting New Haven groups and Yale students, has met opposition from some Jewish residents. Top alders told the News that they are hesitant to take an official position on the divisive proposal.
The protest on Holocaust Remembrance Day was part of a nationwide call to action to stop genocide.