The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania along with nine other civil liberties and media organizations filed an amicus brief for the Exonerated Five’s defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, supporting the use of Pennsylvania’s new anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation statute in federal court.

Ahead of the Repeal Egregious Property Accumulation and Invest it Right Act’s second legislative run, New York City students and politicians have built a grassroots movement to lobby for its passage through the New York State Legislature.

Legal counsels for the Exonerated Five and President-elect Donald Trump wrote in a joint Monday report that they “do not believe there is prospect of early resolution at this time” in the five men’s ongoing federal defamation lawsuit against Trump.

Pharmacies across the nation have stopped offering free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured patients following the Center for Disease Control’s termination of the Bridge Access Program in August. In West Harlem, where one in five residents are uninsured, this has created potential financial barriers to accessing the vaccine.

New York state lawmakers introduced seven bills to the state legislature in the past year in an effort to curtail Columbia’s tax exemptions and expansion into Harlem. All bills failed to pass in the 2024 legislative session despite support from politicians across several state districts.

West Harlem politicians and community leaders of the newly formed One Harlem coalition held a press conference on Friday afternoon outside a Columbia jobsite on 131st Street and Broadway regarding the University’s expansion into West Harlem following their meeting with Columbia officials.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest held a “Palestine 101” event on Thursday during which organizers discussed Palestinian history and culture, as well as ways for students to get involved in pro-Palestinian organizing on campus.

Nine District 3 schools received donations of washers and dryers over the summer from an anonymous school in New Jersey as part of an effort to decrease high rates of student absenteeism. However, issues with gas and electrical power supplies have prevented some schools from installing the machines.

Eight protesters arrested at the City College of New York in April for allegedly attempting to occupy an on-campus building pleaded “not guilty” to burglary felony charges on Thursday.