A prisoner just arrested for gun possession bolted from an Upper Manhattan medical center Tuesday wearing a hospital gown – the city’s second escaped prisoner in as many weeks, cops say.
Pro-Palestinian protesters assaulted an employee in a forced takeover of Milbank Hall at Barnard College late Wednesday as administrators warned additional steps may be needed to end the protest,
Cops are scouring the city for Eric Cruz, who managed to slip away from the cop watching him at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia.
Barnard College’s library was evacuated as police responded to a fake bomb threat during a sit-in staged by protesters. Student organizers say they launched the protest in response to the expulsions of student activists and other recent actions taken by school officials.
The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.