Any New Yorker that looks at those who are trying to fulfill their next step on the American dream as being criminals, that is wrong.

We are in communication with the officials at the school and when they make the determination, they would like to have this issue resolved. We're going to cooperate with them when 100 percent like we did at Fordham twice -- like we did at Columbia twice like we did at CUNY as well.

By external actors hijacking peaceful protests and influence students to escalate.

Well, we were very clear and the police was clear to video their actions inside and the police use minimum amount of restraint to ensure that they were able to get the individuals out of the building that they criminally into.

Here's what we can do, we allow to do -- we are going to give the complete list of those who were arrested and turn it over to the school and the school will make the determination.

I'm going to stay on focus on one thing, protecting New York, as I did for 22 years as a police officer and I'm going to do it as a mayor of the city of New York.

Maybe some of the students involved don't understand what they are involved in. We urge those in everyone else violating Columbia's order to leave the area and leave the area now. We cannot wait to this situation becomes even more serious. This must end now.

this must end now

New Yorkers should go about their normal day first responders are working to make sure the city is safe.

We do not have any reports of major impacts to our infrastructure or injuries. But, of course, we're still assessing the situation.

One is the the waves of migrants who have come here and the city struggled to be able to provide for them with what the mayor has said many times, Eric Adams, not enough help from the federal government.