{"id":1444,"date":"2025-05-06T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:44:35","slug":"students-picket-outside-vanderbilt-hall-demand-nyu-law-cut-anti-protest-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/students-picket-outside-vanderbilt-hall-demand-nyu-law-cut-anti-protest-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Students picket outside Vanderbilt Hall, demand NYU Law cut anti-protest contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Around 20 students picketed outside Vanderbilt Hall on Monday afternoon, calling on the NYU School of Law to pause its demands for 31 students to <\/span>contractually pledge to halt protests<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 following a pro-Palestinian sit-in outside Dean Troy McKenzie\u2019s office last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The picket, organized by NYU Law Students for Justice in Palestine, featured students and faculty as well as members of the Columbia Law Coalition for a Free Palestine. The protesters, wearing keffiyehs, circled around the entrance of the building while holding signs with phrases like \u201cBAN BOMBS NOT STUDENTS\u201d and chanting \u201cWe will march till Gaza\u2019s free.\u201d They also handed out flyers with a number to call and a QR code leading people to a pre-written email demanding that McKenzie revoke sanctions against students protesting Israel\u2019s ongoing siege in Gaza. Five officers stood at the building entrance, preventing the protesters from entering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s horrible,\u201d a second-year law student, who requested to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation, told WSN. \u201cIt should not be the way that [NYU] responds, especially since they haven\u2019t even investigated students. There\u2019s no due process in that at all, and it seems like a very harsh measure given the peaceful nature of these actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past few days, hundreds of students and legal organizations have criticized NYU Law, claiming its initiation of the contract violated the First Amendment. Since a Bobst sit-in on March 4, the <\/span>university has barred 28 students<\/span><\/a> from accessing several campus buildings. Following another sit-in outside McKenzie\u2019s office on Tuesday, three additional students were barred from accessing NYU properties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have been furious about how NYU has responded to the disclosure and divestment movement and how specifically the law school has responded to students simply engaging in peaceful silent sit-ins located at the dean\u2019s office,\u201d another law student, who requested to remain anonymous, told WSN. \u201cIt definitely feels like intentional retaliation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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