For six years, the Morningside Park pond sat still and murky, as the waterfall—a once-beloved aspect of the West Harlem community—broke down and was never fully repaired. As the pond continued to deteriorate, toxic algae developed, local turtles were pushed out, and thousands of community members petitioned for its restoration.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest and Defend Harlem invited community members, students, and incoming first-years to a “Displacement in Harlem” teach-in at Sakura Park on Aug. 29 for one of the coalition’s first events of the fall semester.

Forty-six protesters arrested for occupying Hamilton Hall were charged with criminal trespassing—a class B misdemeanor. All 46 pleaded not guilty to the charges.

On the fifth day of the City College of New York’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” and hours after students allegedly breached an academic building, New York Police Department officers swept the encampment, resulting in the arrests of at least 173 protesters at CCNY.

Around an hour after the New York Police Department said it would sweep the City College of the City University of New York’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on Thursday, pro-Palestinian demonstrators protected a fellow protester who had allegedly been confronted by City College public safety officers. The pro-Palestinian students and affiliates pushed the officers off of the encampment ground in just minutes. The group then chanted “We will stay,” and “The students united will never be defeated.”

A group of around 150 protesters walked from Washington Heights to Columbia’s Morningside campus on Saturday afternoon in a “March Against Displacement,” stopping in front of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center along the way before reaching the Columbia gates at Broadway and 115th Street at approximately 6:25 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams hosted a community conversation at the Manhattanville Community Center on Monday, the latest in a series of public meetings offering residents and community stakeholders the opportunity to engage in direct dialogue with the administration.