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Civil rights leaders launch 'UnMaskHateNY' campaign as city grapples with 'alarming' rise in antisemitism

"UnMaskHateNY will hold those who engage in this harmful conduct accountable and make all of our communities safer."

Answer us, Columbia and DA Bragg: Why drop rioters' charges?

Bragg’s refusal to pursue criminal consequences for most of the pro-Hamas protesters charged with trespassing — claiming a lack of evidence — has broadly undermined trust in our legal institutions'...

NYC activists slam DA Bragg for dropping charges against anti-Israel Columbia protesters

Dozens of protesters swarmed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s building Monday to rip him for nixing charges against members of the anti-Israel mob that attacked Columbia University — calling the move...

Three Columbia deans placed on leave over disparaging text exchange during antisemitism panel

Three deans at Columbia University have been put on leave after sending hostile text messages, including a vomiting face emoji, during a panel discussion about antisemitism at a recent alumni...

DA Bragg cuts 'em loose, again

Alvin Bragg just dismissed the cases of 31 of the 46 hooligans charged with occupying Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in April.

Columbia University NYC subway station defaced with bright red anti-Israel graffiti

The Columbia University subway station was defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in bright red paint this week -- months after protesters occupied the Ivy League campus.

Outrage as Manhattan DA Bragg’s office drops nearly all cases from Columbia University’s anti-Israel protest

Nearly all the protesters charged with storming and occupying Columbia University's campus during heated anti-Israel demonstrations won't face criminal charges, Manhattan prosecutors announced Thursday -- drawing outrage from law enforcement...

Columbia prof told students not to watch mainstream media because 'it is owned by Jews': report

“My heart was broken listening to these students and what they were being forced to deal with,” Fuchs told the news outlet.

Second suspect busted in attack on Jewish Columbia University student pelted with rocks: cops

Zuhdi Ahmed, 20, of Ossining, was arrested just after 6 a.m. and slapped with multiple charges – including assault and menacing as hate crimes -- in connection to the April...

Here's how Columbia University needs to draw the line between activism and discrimination

This week, Columbia University settled a lawsuit filed by a Jewish student who claimed the school failed to protect them. Now it's time for the school to educate students on...

Fearful Columbia students who felt 'intimidated' by anti-Israel protests to get 'safety escorts' as part of lawsuit settlement

The measure resolves a proposed class action filed anonymously by a female Jewish student.

Columbia University alumnus snubs alma mater, donates $260M to Israeli university

"It's a smack in the face of Columbia. It's just the beginning," Hank Sheinkopf, a longtime political consultant and pro-Israel activist, told The Post.

The new campus protest trend? Pop-up summer camp, as anti-Israel group vows, 'We will be back'

Pro-Palestine protesters erected another encampment on Columbia's campus and disrupted Alumni Weekend. Now they're vowing to continue a "summer of disruption."

Columbia students set up new anti-Israel encampment on campus during alumni weekend

The defiant demonstrators -- members of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine -- set up camp on the Manhattan campus' south lawns alongside a giant white party tent already in...

Thank god, this long and painful commencement season is finally over

We've made it. We really did it. We have finally reached the last stretch of commencement season — which came after an unusually long encampment season.

Small group of elites are letting small group of college idiots drive policy

The importance given to the recent anti-Israel student protests at Columbia University, on close inspection, turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

Columbia’s devotion to DEI, Gaza pier doomed from start and other commentary

“Columbia is using an ‘evaluation tool’ . . . that mandates hiring committees assign more weight to DEI than teaching, and to give DEI equal weight to research,” fumes John...

No ‘there’ there in Trump case, Jewish students stand up and other commentary

“There’s just not much to the Manhattan prosecution. The penalties sought are way out of line with the offenses alleged,” and it was “brought by a prosecutor, Bragg, who campaigned...

Ideological growth of a poison Ivy: Columbia's journey from scholarship to activism

The images of the recent protests at Columbia University have grabbed the attention of the American public: students chanting for a Palestinian state.

English teacher at posh $61K-per-year NYC school resigns after sex abuse claims by her former student

A high school English teacher at the prestigious Dalton school on the Upper East Side resigned after being accused of sexually abusing a former student, The Post has learned.