Mayor Eric Adams Urges Columbia University Protesters to Leave Immediately Before Situation Escalates

Mayor Eric Adams and police officials urged Columbia University protesters to leave the building on the Morningside Heights site immediately “before the situation escalates,” at a news conference Tuesday night.

“Perhaps some of the students involved do not understand what they are involved in,” said the mayor. “We urge them and everyone else who violates Columbia’s order to leave the area and leave the area now. “

“If you are a parent or guardian of a student, please call your child and urge them to leave the area before the situation escalates in any way,” Adams said. “This is for your own safety and the safety of others.”

Late Tuesday night there was a tense calm around Columbia University, not only because of warnings from authorities that the takeover of the building should end immediately, but because there was a strong police presence in the area.

“We cannot and will not allow a peaceful gathering to turn into a scene of violence for no reason,” Adams said. “We can’t wait for this situation to get even worse. This has to end now.”

THEY MUST BE:

The building – Hamilton Hill – was occupied at midnight on Monday by students protesting the war between Israel and Hamas and asking the University to stop investing in companies that have a presence or are do business with Israel.

During the day, the university announced that they would start expelling students who were involved in the building storm. It was previously announced that he would stop students who did not leave the camp that was set up for several days in a green area of ​​the campus.

Several political figures such as district congressman Adriano Espaillat, or Manhattan congressman Jarold Nader, Senator Chuck Shummer and the President of the Borough of Manhattan, Mark Levine, have spoken about what happened, showing basically that although the right at students to protest peacefully, they were arrested. the property is “inappropriate.”

Read my statement by @RepJerryNadler on student illegality at Columbia University. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/JC6EIFCd5z

— Adriano Espaillat (@RepEspaillat) 30/04/2024

The police have said that they will only enter the campus and evacuate students if requested by the university authorities or if there is an emergency.

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