Across New York City, affordable housing is hot real estate. For decades, leaders across the five boroughs have called for the city and developers to build more housing for low- and middle-income families, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is the latest to have made it a priority.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in mid-April that trash containerization would be implemented in six new districts across New York City after the success of a pilot program in West Harlem.

Columbia has sold its residential complex in the Bronx for $65 million following challenges in maintaining the property, a University spokesperson told Spectator Tuesday, describing the housing as “geographically isolated” from the University’s main campuses.

Paterson, NJ—After over a year spent in federal immigration detention, Columbia protester Leqaa Kordia joined elected officials and pro-Palestinian advocates last weekend for a press conference and rally less than 24 hours after landing back in New Jersey.

After over a year confined at a federal immigration detention center in Texas, Leqaa Kordia will return to her home in New Jersey following her release Monday on a $100,000 bond.

Community Board 9 sent a letter to University leadership on Jan. 22 expressing its support for the demands of the Columbia University Tenants’ Union, an organization of tenants—both student and nonaffiliate—across the University’s vast housing portfolio.

While Inwood residents live miles away from Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus, the University’s presence has made itself known in the neighborhood for over a hundred years through the Baker Athletics Complex. Residents have long had a contentious relationship with the stadium. Ahead of Saturday’s Homecoming game, several voiced concerns about its disruptive impact on their neighborhood.

When nonaffiliated tenants in Columbia-owned units move out or die, the University has historically converted those units into student housing.

Dozens packed into the Lee C. Bollinger Forum on Monday to hear District 36 Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, winner of the Democratic mayoral primary, discuss the public safety plan he would implement if elected in a conversation with veteran New York City journalist Errol Louis.