Columbia University

Tents are back up on Columbia University’s campus as pro-Palestinian protesters hope to reach alumni visiting this weekend.  News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Pro-Palestinian protesters returned to Columbia University’s campus on Friday evening to retake the school’s South Lawn just weeks after dramatic action by the NYPD to clear the grounds. Protesters returned to the lawn for the first time in weeks with a number of tents and banners in the middle of the university’s alumni weekend. The protesters were identified as...

Thirty-four people were taken into custody on Friday after pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the Brooklyn Museum. 

A New York real estate developer was charged with assault after police said he struck a woman with his car during a pro-Palestinian demonstration led by students connected to the Columbia University protest encampment. Reuven Kahane was arrested Tuesday. The woman he struck was also arrested, but a charge of criminal mischief was dropped Wednesday by the Manhattan district attorney....

Columbia said it is canceling its university-wide commencement because of security concerns. Instead, the school said students can celebrate at “smaller, school-based ceremonies.” Meanwhile, more pro-Palestinian protests continue at other NYC campuses, like at Hunter College on the Upper East Side. NBC New York’s Chris Jose and Gaby Acevedo have team coverage.

Columbia University announced its decision Monday to cancel university-wide commencement ceremonies amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled college campuses across the country in recent weeks.

An NYPD officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, the department disclosed late Thursday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters were marching again on Friday after a series of police sweeps broke up more college encampments. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports. 

The NYPD was called to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest at NYU early Friday, while top department officials prepared to detail how an officer’s gun went off during the takedown of a demonstration at Columbia University. Myles Miller reports live from Manhattan. 

The NYPD was called to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest at NYU early Friday, while top department officials later found themselves explaining how an officer’s gun went off during the takedown at Columbia University. No one was hurt when a sergeant’s gun “unintentionally discharged” during the Hamilton Hall raid. It happened as the sergeant and his team were trying to...

An NYPD officer accidentally discharged his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, the department disclosed late Thursday.

New NYPD bodycam video showed officers cut through barricades at Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus, as well as what happened once they got inside, confronting dozens of protesters who had broken into the building. There were also new details on who was arrested, with 40% of protesters taken in at City College and Columbia having no affiliation with either...

Dramatic bodycam video released by the NYPD Thursday shows heavily geared officers’ breach of the formerly occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where more than 100 were arrested during a sweep this week.

Dramatic bodycam video released by the NYPD Thursday shows heavily geared officers’ breach of the formerly occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where more than 100 were arrested during a sweep this week. The 7-minute clip begins with NYPD officers approaching the steps of the hall, their shadows growing larger on the pavement as a group of protesters, their arms…

Dramatic bodycam video released by the NYPD Thursday shows heavily geared officers’ breach of the formerly occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where more than 100 were arrested during a sweep this week.

Hundreds were arrested after protests at Columbia University and City College in Harlem. The NYPD will maintain a presence at the Ivy League school until after graduation, while both schools will have remote classes for the rest of the semester. Another protest sprung up at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, with several tents going up inside a university building. So what...

Chopper 4 has a view of Columbia University’s lawn the day after a protest encampment was cleared by police.

The embattled president of Columbia University sent a letter to the school community Wednesday, in the aftermath of a sweeping NYPD operation that saw hundreds of protesters arrested as SWAT teams descended on campus. Minouche Shafik, who has faced mounting calls to resign amid what some have described as “anarchy on campus,” had been reticent to call NYPD officers back…

As the two-week standoff between pro-Palestinian protesters and college administrators at Columbia University in New York came to a head Tuesday, officials anxiously monitored whether the fallout would spark more protests on college campuses around the country or quell what has been a growing movement. It was the former. Here’s a timeline illustrating how Columbia became the driving force behind national...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams provided an update on the NYPD’s actions at Columbia University and City College on Tuesday night.