A Columbia University graduate who helped organize the campus’s Gaza solidarity encampment has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite being a legal permanent resident, advocates say.
Federal authorities officially canceled $400 million worth of grants to Columbia University on Friday, citing the school's reaction to pro-Palestinian protests on its New York City campus.
The share of New Yorkers in poverty is nearly double the national average, according to a report from Columbia University and an anti-poverty group.