New York Headlines

• Police Clear Building at Columbia and Arrest Dozens of Protesters

  (by The New York Times for The New York Times 18 minutes ago)
  Officers in riot gear removed demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country.
  
  

• U.C.L.A. Declares Encampment Illegal and Says Protesters Should Leave

  (by Jonathan Wolfe and Benjamin Royer for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  University of California, Los Angeles officials had tolerated an encampment for several days but warned Tuesday night that protesters face consequences if they stay.
  
  

• Heroic NJ Transit police officers save life of 3-year-old choking on bus in dramatic video

  (by Patrick Reilly for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  The child's airway was obstructed and officers immediately sprang into action, giving CPR to the boy.
  
  
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• Columbia Asks N.Y.P.D. to Stay on Campus Through Middle of May

  (by Anna Betts for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  The university released the letter after police entered Hamilton Hall, a building that was occupied by dozens of demonstrators. Columbia’s commencement is currently scheduled for May 15.
  
  

• Anti-Israel protesters violently clash with NYPD cops outside of City College of New York

  (by Patrick Reilly for The New York Post 4 hours ago)
  Anti-Israel protesters at the City College of New York violently clashed with police officers Tuesday night outside the campus where an “intifada” encampment was erected last week.
  
  

• Timothy Kennedy, a Democrat, Wins New York Special House Election

  (by Nicholas Fandos for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  The victory by Timothy Kennedy, a Democratic state senator, was not a surprise. But it will make Republicans’ lives more difficult in Washington.
  
  

• ‘Professional outside agitators’ behind illegal takeover of Columbia University academic building: NYPD

  (by Katherine Donlevy, Amanda Woods for The New York Post 6 hours ago)
  "They're not here to promote peace, unity, allow a peaceful display on one voice, but they are here to create discord and defensiveness."
  
  

• Here’s where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.

  (by Anna Betts for The New York Times 8 hours ago)
  Officers at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond used riot gear and pepper spray.
  

• Judge Who Brawled With Neighbors Will Remain on N.Y. Bench

  (by Grace Ashford for The New York Times 8 hours ago)
  A state panel voted to censure Mark J. Grisanti, a former Republican state senator, but said he would not be removed for the incident, in which he shoved a police officer.