City College is shifting to online classes “until further notice,” administrators announced Tuesday as the campus continued to be roiled by a CUNY-wide pro-Gaza encampment.
Student protesters showed up at Monday’s CUNY-wide Board of Trustees financial committee meeting yesterday to read their demands and were removed by campus security, a clip on social media shows.
CUNY students had demanded Chancellor Rodriguez meet with them personally about their demands to divest from Israel and amnesty for those facing student discipline from pro-Palestinian protests.
“We’re done negotiating. If we don’t see Chancellor Rodriguez here by Monday, we are absolutely done with the civil conversations at the table,” one of the protesters previously said.
Encampments popped up at the Harlem campus last week as protests erupted across colleges and universities around the nation.
The student protestors at the CUNY campus have demanded divestment from Israel, a ban on partnerships and trips to the Middle Eastern country, reverse disciplinary actions tied to pro-Palestinian activism and remove police from campus.
The call to move classes online comes just over a week after a similar decision at Columbia University, which has had protestors occupying its campus since earlier this month.
Students at the university have voiced concern about safety and antisemitic rhetoric on the campus, but police have said there are no credible threats from the protests.
