A bunch of basin-clearing trucks were out of service, and official NotifyNYC communications only went to a relative handful of New Yorkers, according to a comptroller report.
"The cops stormed in with their sticks and they started arresting people by the dozen, and they started to pepper-spray people left and right."
Winners: real estate, Governor Hochul, and independent media. Losers: New Yorkers who desperately need housing, and weed bodegas.
The campus remains on lockdown as encampments spread to other New York City universities, and other links to start your day.
As the encampment on public space on Columbia's campus stretches into its first weekend, and solidarity actions spring up around the country, Hell Gate lets students talk about repression, protest, and solidarity.