NPR has had huge help the last 24 hours covering the Columbia University pro-Palestinian protests from NJ PBS's Harrison Malkin and Gwynne Hogan Gwynne Hogan at The City. Super cool teamwork 🙏📻 npr.org/2024/04/19/124…

For THE CITY, NYPD confirms 108 arrests thus far, Columbia says anyone who participated is suspended, though they haven't confirmed #'s. By 2pm police had cleared the lawn of protesters, though hundreds more have since set up in another portion of lawn.

thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/col…

NEW City Limits from patrick spauster & myself:

Viewed in isolation, a proposal to exempt small portfolios from good cause could exclude hundreds of thousands of NYC apartments. Perhaps more significantly, this type of estimate isn’t easy to make.

citylimits.org/2024/04/17/goo…

New Gowanus migrant shelter opened w/ outdated fire inspection & THE CITY finds the security firm there is facing 2 probes by NYC DOI over billing practices
thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/fdn…

Second retired Sgt. from mayoral unit sues Adams adviser Tim Pearson, claims Pearson said re Bronx migrant shelter project: '...People are doing very well on these contracts. I have to get mine. Where are my crumbs?”
nydailynews.com/2024/04/17/may…

A fight over food. A fight over a blanket. A fight over a folding chair. Inside the two main waiting rooms for adult migrants Gwynne Hogan
thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/mig…

Migrants are still waiting overnight without shelter beds in NYC.

That's more than a week after the court-ordered deadline to cut the wait time.

And City Hall STILL hasn't provided data on the # of migrants waiting -- to Legal Aid, or reporters.

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Hundreds of African migrants outside city hall as hearing on their experiences takes place inside city hall.