Mamdani threatens Columbia University with lawsuit if NYC school won’t open gates to public

2026-10-02 17:52 • ;Matthew Fischetti
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is threatening to sue Columbia University to open their campus gates — which have been locked for three years since the anti-Israel campus protests of 2023. The Mamdani administration warned it’ll take “prompt” legal action if College Walk — a once bustling footpath on West 116th Street that allows pedestrians to cut...
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