Columbia University is taking action against several students who were involved in an anti-Israel occupation of a campus building last spring at the New York City campus.

The share of New Yorkers in poverty is nearly double the national average, according to a report from Columbia University and an anti-poverty group.

A group of anti-Israel protesters took over a Barnard College building and assaulted an employee demanding the reinstatement of two students who were expelled from Columbia University.

More than 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Tuesday in front of Columbia University in New York to demonstrate against former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, who was at the campus for a speaking engagement.

Federal agencies are considering orders to stop work on $51 million in contracts with the New York City school.

Police warned protesters that those who refusing to leave during the bomb-threat evacuation would be subject to arrest.

The Trump administration has announced new steps aimed at repressing Palestine solidarity organizing at Columbia University in New York. | TAG24

A group of 50 Columbia University students played a drum, used megaphones and performed chants in an administrative office of Barnard College.

Columbia University has become the first target in President Donald Trump's campaign to cut federal money to colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.