Police clear pro-Palestine encampments at NYU and New School, arrest 56 student demonstrators

On the morning of Friday, [insert date], police officers cleared two pro-Palestinian encampments and arrested student demonstrators at New York University and the New School. The action was taken after officials at the universities requested police assistance, according to the New York Police Department.

Arrests and Locations

A total of 56 people were arrested, with 13 at N.Y.U. and 43 at the New School, based on preliminary information from the Police Department. Student demonstrators had been occupying tents inside a New School building and on sidewalks outside N.Y.U. buildings since the previous week.

University Request for Assistance

Officials at the universities sought the Police Department’s help to disperse the "illegal encampments" on their premises.

This incident follows a week of unrest on college campuses nationwide, where a surge of student activism, driven by concern for the situation in Gaza, prompted several schools to seek law enforcement support. According to a New York Times report, over 2,000 arrests have been made on campuses across the country as a result of the increased activism.