App-based food delivery workers in NYC face high rates of injury and assault, according to a new study.

The researchers attribute the findings in part to app algorithms, which they said may incentivize workers to take risks to deliver orders quickly. gothamist.com/news/nyc-deliv…

Lots of our Newmark J-School students are out there doing incredible reporting. Various faculty members — Alia Malek عليا مالك Kalli Anderson Jere_Hester and nycitynews — are coordinating with students. Hit us up if you want to work with them.

'Students living in off-campus apartments propped open windows and peered out from their living rooms as dozens of law enforcement officials blocked the doors to their buildings.'

via Bahar Ostadan and Catalina Gonella on the arrests at Columbia tonight

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Meanwhile, Columbia's student radio WKCR-FM NY reported that many of those arrested and bused away on Columbia's campus tonight were students.

(NYPD has yet to confirm numbers or details on who's been arrested.)

In the building where I'm currently blocked in by police, they won't let me out despite showing many of them my NYPD press pass, students chant as more are lead away in zip ties who'd been blocking 'Hinds Hall'

Pretty wild. April 30, 1968 - NYPD bust of Hamilton Hall protestors at Columbia University.

April 30, 2024 - NYPD bust of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.
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WKCR-FM NY reports that NYPD threatened to arrest student journalists -- and even Columbia Journalism School Dean jelani cobb -- if they left Pulitzer Hall.

After the university's shelter-in-place order, reporters wanted to leave to see the events unfolding on the main lawn.

Listen now to WKCR-FM NY, Columbia's student radio station. Reporters in the field as NYPD carts off protestors who took over Hamilton Hall.

Hosts and others offer input on the dire campus mood.

They note finals scheduled goes on, as planned.

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Reporters are being removed from campus, per WKCR-FM NY. 'No one left is here to document what might go down at Hamilton Hall,' a reporter says. One remaining onlooker reports that police are using a lift to reach the upper windows of Hamilton Hall.

Students at Columbia linking arms in front of the main gate to prevent NYPD from entering and arresting their comrades.

Arrests now.

We spoke to Arya Sundaram about our civil rights complaint against Columbia University: “It's happening because of the neoliberal university—where you have powerful pro-Israel actors calling on the uni to take action against Palestinian students & their supporters' gothamist.com/news/columbia-…

NEW: New York City will begin distributing fliers to discourage migrant families from allowing their children to sell candy on the streets and subway, targeting one of the most visible symbols of the ongoing migrant influx. gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-ha…

NYC's latest attempt to reign in migrants and their kids selling candy and other items on the subway:

The city recently added a 'know your rights' page to their website for asylum seekers, with this notice.

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NEW: There have been over 100 Gaza solidarity encampments at colleges this week in US and abroad 🧵:

Arizona
ASU
Auraria
Barnard
Berkelee Music
Berkeley
Brown
Cal Poly Humboldt
Columbia
Columbia Chicago
Cornell
CU Denver
CUNY
Delaware
Drexel
Duke
Emerson
Emory
Evergreen
FIT
FIU

To be clear, there have been references to “outside” agitators as those outside campus and not students— that’s certainly happening. But mayor referred to the tents used by students as being suspiciously similar.

'2 sources familiar said Naveed’s dismissal is tied to a recent iftar event that was the object of protests. ... after protesters openly criticized Mayor Adams at the event, administration officials looked to Naveed to push back on their criticisms and found his response lacking'

NEW: Hassan Naveed, director of Mayor Adams’ hate crimes prevention unit, was fired from his post last week without being given a reason for his dismissal — and says he's planning to take legal action claiming he was discriminated against for being Muslim. nydailynews.com/2024/04/26/nyc…

So honored to be a Livingston Award finalist for my work The Baltimore Banner.

As a young investigative reporter, few other outlets would've trusted me to take these chances. But, The Banner did.

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