Columbia’s Evicted Students Are Finding Beds for One Another

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 STUDENT PROTESTS [Columbia’s Evicted Students Are Finding Beds for One Another]( A network of students, professors, and supporters has organized in the wake of the school’s notices to vacate. [‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ entered its one-week at Columbia University]( [‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ entered its one-week at Columbia University]( Photo: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Maryam Iqbal was one of 108 students arrested on the lawn of Columbia University last week and one of 53 Barnard students who learned in an email when they got out of jail that their arrest meant they were [automatically suspended and evicted]( from campus housing — in Iqbal’s case, a freshman-dorm room she shared with a roommate. She’s 18, on a scholarship, and her family is back in Seattle. She had 15 minutes to pack a year’s worth of books, chargers, clothes: “For some reason, I forgot all my socks.” At first, Iqbal didn’t know where to go. But she connected with other campus activists through a loose, amorphous online network of WhatsApp chains and lists of volunteers that is linking evicted students with the sofas of professors, the rooms of volunteers, and the futons of other college students. [Continue reading »]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Where NIMBYs Got Their Veto Power How a progressive movement to give more power to neighborhoods brought us to our current housing impasse.]( By Justin Davidson [Wendy Goodman’s Picks From Milan Design Week Never-before-seen Eames lamps, modern craft collections, and new furniture made from scraps.]( By Wendy Goodman [A Burlesque Family at Home Showbiz couple Angie Pontani and Brian Newman’s high-spirited Marine Park house.]( By Wendy Goodman [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved