New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘s allegations that several pro-Palestinian campus protesters were outside agitators have proven to be not as numerous as claimed. A review of police records and interviews from the New York Times showed that just nine people out of the dozens of protesters arrested at Columbia University had no ties to

Mayor Eric Adams and other New York City officials have blamed "outside agitators" for escalating pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and influencing students. CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas has been asking the city for specifics on what that means.