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NYC MAYOR ON COLUMBIA PROTESTS: 'WE WILL NOT BE A CITY OF LAWLESSNESS'


THE MAYOR CITED SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF VIOLENT RHETORIC USED ON CAMPUS, AND PLEDGED
THAT THE POLICE WERE READY TO RESPOND TO LAW-BREAKING; HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE UNIVERSITY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

By LEON KRAIEM, HANNAH SARISOHN
APRIL 22, 2024 01:44
Updated: APRIL 22, 2024 04:23
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a Lights for Liberty event
demanding the release of the remaining 135 hostages held in Gaza
(photo credit: David Dee Delgado/Reuters)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he is “horrified and disgusted” with the
antisemitism being spewed at and around Columbia University’s campus, according
to a statement from the mayor’s office on Sunday night. 



Adams said he condemns the hate speech heard during the protests such as a woman
who yelled ‘We are Hamas’ and another woman who held a sign with an arrow
pointing to Jewish students stating ‘Al-Qasam’s Next Targets.’



Adams said supporting an organization that threatens to kill Jews is “sickening
and despicable.”



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“As I have repeatedly said, hate has no place in our city, and I have instructed
the NYPD to investigate any violation of law that is reported,” Adams said.
“Rest assured, the NYPD will not hesitate to arrest anyone who is found to be
breaking the law.”



Adams said New York City will not be a city of lawlessness, and those
professional agitators seeking to seize the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
to sow chaos and division in our city will not succeed.



The mayor noted, however, that he wanted to be “abundantly clear” that Columbia
is a private institution on private property and the NYPD cannot have a presence
on campus unless requested by senior university officials. 



The NYPD has an increased presence of officers situated around the campus to
protect students and all New Yorkers, Adams said, adding that police are ready
to respond if Columbia makes another request for their presence on campus when
officers successfully cleared protest encampments on Columbia’s South Lawn
without any injuries. 


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Adams said he urges Columbia senior administration officials to improve and
maintain open lines of communication with the NYPD. 



“I know the conflict in the Middle East has left many of us grieving and angry.
New Yorkers have every right to express their sorrow, but that heartbreak does
not give anyone the right to harass or threaten others or to physically harm
someone they disagree with,” Adams said. 



Adams said as mayor of the city with the largest Jewish community in the world
outside of Israel, the plain these protests are causing Jews across the globe is
not lost on him, especially as Passover tomorrow starts Monday evening.



“I also see and hear the pain of those protesting in support of innocent lives
being lost in Gaza,” Adams said. “In this moment of heightened tension around
the world, we stand united against hate.”


A pro-Israeli counter protestor holds up a sign as demonstrators gather outside
of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on
Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist
group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S.April 20, 2024 (credit:
Reuters/Adam Gray)


REP NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS CALLS ON COLUMBIA PRESIDENT TO RESIGN

Meanwhile, US Representative Nicole Malliotakis, who represents the Staten
Island and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn areas of New York City in the House of
Representatives, called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to
resign, and raised the specter of pulling federal funding from universities that
"blatantly allow antisemitism."



In a post to X on Sunday, Malliotakis wrote, "It’s clear Columbia University
President Shafik can’t get her school under control or protect her students &
she should resign.



"The gross antisemitism being displayed against Jewish students at Columbia
University is horrific, unacceptable and the reason I introduced legislation to
strip federal funding from colleges that blatantly allow antisemitism & don’t
hold those responsible accountable."










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The gates to Columbia University are locked with a padlock as demonstrators
gather outside to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza,
during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group
Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S., April 20, 2024. (credit: Reuters/Adam
Gray)


REP TORRES: "APPEASING ANTISEMITISM NEVER WORKS"

US Rep. Ritchie Torres, who represents much of the Bronx borough of New York
City in the House of Representatives, also weighed in via a post to X on Sunday.



"The crisis at Columbia University underscores the urgent need for moral clarity
against antisemitism," Torres wrote.



"College administrators should start defending their Jewish constituents and
students and stop pandering to the antisemites who seek their destruction."













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