NYPD updates the city on Columbia University protests

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News 12 Staff

Apr 18, 2024, 9:50 PM

Updated 71 days ago

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The NYPD and elected officials came together at 1 Police Plaza on Thursday to address the protests taking place at Columbia University.
Officers arrested dozens of protesters at the university on Thursday. Some students involved in the protest say that they were suspended from Columbia and Barnard College, according to the Associated Press.


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