At a press conference on Wednesday morning, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York overnight, and that police were in the process of determining how many of those arrested were students. Adams said that at the written request of both schools, the NYPD conducted operations to remove those who have turned the peaceful protest into a place where antisemitism and anti-Israel attitudes were pervasive.” The mayor said "outside agitators" were to blame for turning the student-led protests into something more sinister. “There is a...