The NYPD Megatruck That Showed Up at Columbia

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 student protests [The NYPD Megatruck That Showed Up at Hamilton Hall]( Everything we know about the BearCat, the NYPD’s tactical armored vehicle. [Protest in support of Palestinians, in New York City]( [Protest in support of Palestinians, in New York City]( Photo: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters Last night, the NYPD bypassed the barricades and a crowd of protesters and press surrounding Columbia’s Hamilton Hall by going over them. Literally. Officers in riot gear drove up to the building in a tall black truck twice the height of a pedestrian and climbed a ladder that extended into a second-floor window to enter the building, [while another]( group of officers gathered at the front doors, apparently awaiting orders to enter. New Yorkers didn’t know what to make of the heavy police presence locking down the surrounding blocks — or the truck itself. An NBC reporter who asked the NYPD [only got]( the truck’s nickname — “the bear.” Onlookers assumed the immense machine was a piece of military-grade equipment known as MRAPs, or mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, which were handed down to local police departments by a Pentagon [program]( that started in the 1990s. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Showdown at NYU Over Public Space The “campus without walls” has responded to pro-Palestine protesters with barricades and restrictions on its open spaces.]( By Alex Tey [A ‘Radically Different’ Front Garden in Midwood, Brooklyn From cookie-cutter to an explosion of color: “The neighborhood was pretty blown away.”]( By Wendy Goodman [New York’s Panic-Room Boom From installing electrified doorknobs to ballistics-grade walk-in closets, the city’s ultrarich are feeling ultra-paranoid.]( By Bridget Read [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