Reporters Ask the Mayor: Arrests on Campuses; Randy Mastro


by WNYC

WNYC— Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including when the NYPD intervenes on campus protests and the pushback on his reported selection of attorney Randy Mastro to lead NYC's legal department.

WNYC—Reporters Ask the Mayor: NYPD Arrests Campus Protesters at Columbia and CCNY. Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event and on the news the morning after police dispersed on protests at Columbia and the City College of New York.

Bloomberg—Columbia University Protests: Police Enter Campus, Dozens of Arrests Reported. Dozens of New York City police officers surged onto Columbia University’s campus late Tuesday to clear out pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had barricaded themselves in a building, while violent clashes broke out at a separate protest at UCLA in Los Angeles.

HuffPost—Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them. The alleged comments are not the first time that far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for executing Palestinian captives to manage overcrowding in prisons.