New York police arrest NYU protesters as US campus tensions rise

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Police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as authorities stepped up efforts to quell student protests amid scrutiny over antisemitism on US campuses.

New York Police Department officers moved in on the NYU protesters at about 8.30pm, after a deadline for people to clear an area of the campus passed earlier on Monday.

Police arrested at least two dozen people amassed in streets at the university, in the city’s Greenwich Village area. Hundreds of people had gathered to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza.

The crackdown at NYU came hours after New York’s Columbia University announced it was switching to online classes as president Minouche Shafik attempted to defuse protests at the Ivy League college’s campus.