The mayor said the occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University was led by “outside agitators.”
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A total of 282 people were arrested at Columbia University and City University of New York on Tuesday night, New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed at a press conference on Wednesday—after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a Columbia building and built barricades the day before.Key Facts
About 173 people were arrested at the campus of CUNY in Harlem, while 109 were arrested on Columbia’s campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said.