New York lawmakers are calling for more pro-Palestinian protesters to be disciplined after police arrested nine Wednesday during a takeover of the Barnard College library. Congressman Ritchie Torres said the private college should expel student protesters after some tried to keep administrators from leaving the building during a bomb threat.
The activist was allegedly expelled for their involvement in the April occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall.
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres accused Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday of dragging her feet on a law to ban public mask-wearing as a way to thwart hate-spewing bigots — a day after a mob of keffiyeh-clad anti-Israel protesters took over a Barnard College building.
The incident, which was initially believed to be at Columbia University, was instigated by members of Columbia University Apartheid Divest.