President-elect Donald Trump declared victory over Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday morning after a competitive presidential election race. West Harlem politicians responded to the election results, encouraging residents and the Democratic Party to continue organizing efforts for future elections.

As polls closed across the country in the 2024 general election, the last West Harlem voters filed into poll sites to cast the final ballots. After voting, residents gathered for community healing events and attended watch parties in anticipation of the results.

Morningside Heights residents cast their ballots at three early voting locations across West Harlem on Saturday, the first day of early voting for the general election in New York state.

Dozens of pro-Israel protesters gathered outside the 116th Street and Broadway gates to commemorate those killed and taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.

Workers across all three Hex & Co. locations are encouraging customers to pledge to boycott if the owners of the board game café do not meet union demands. The pledge comes over nine months after Hex & Co. workers unionized, but remain without an agreement on a union contract.

Dozens of protesters occupied Hamilton Hall at approximately 12:30 a.m. on April 30, demanding full University divestment from companies with ties to Israel. The protesters renamed Hamilton “Hind’s Hall” in honor of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Jan. 29.

The spring semester’s “primal scream” saw students crowd in front of the President’s House before midnight on Thursday in celebration of the biannual tradition. The gathering, typically held outside Butler Library and around campus, quickly morphed into an hourlong protest outside the mansion as campus access remained restricted to on-campus residents and essential personnel.