Colleges urge 'respectful dialogue' ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary

Plus: Schools chancellor stepping down early [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [NYC universities model ‘respectful dialogue’ ahead of protests marking Oct. 7 anniversary]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter is curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny, highs in the lower 70s. It's Thursday in New York City, where local universities expect both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. In anticipation, several schools have been staging public talks about the widening conflict in an attempt to model "respectful, open dialogue" — while also placing new limits on campus protests. [Here's how schools are hoping Monday's anniversary plays out](. And here's what else is happening: - The NYPD said it’s [deploying additional police and cameras]( to houses of worship and other sensitive locations during the Jewish High Holy Days, which began last night. - New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks, whose phone was seized by the FBI as part of the sprawling investigation in Mayor Eric Adams' administration, said Wednesday he'll resign from his position [earlier than previously stated](. - Gov. Kathy Hochul herself is privately pushing Mayor Adams to [rid his office of aides]( who've come under the gaze of federal investigators, according to multiple sources. - Federal prosecutors said yesterday they [may bring additional charges]( against Mayor Adams or others following his indictment last week. - [Here's what we know]( about Alex Spiro, the attorney-to-the-stars who's representing Mayor Adams in both the federal bribery case and a civil suit accusing Adams of sexual abuse. - The Adams administration has reversed itself — again — and is [now proceeding with a plan]( to install parking-protected bike lanes on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. - Police said they're searching for [a man who destroyed a Pride flag]( and harassed staff while using homophobic slurs at an Astoria sports bar last month. - A state comptroller's audit of three affordable housing complexes in New York City found [a range of unsafe living conditions]( and more than $1 million in "questionable spending." - Consultants hired by Amtrak, NJ Transit and the MTA have concluded that the only way to increase train capacity at Penn Station is to expand its footprint — supporting Amtrak’s years-long proposal to [tear down a Midtown block south of 31st Street]( to install new tracks. - The Mets blew game 2 in their Wild Card series against the Brewers last night. [Do fans dare feel ... hopeful still]( - Mayor Adams' seized phone: [still locked]( - The FDNY said deaths and injuries from e-bike battery fires [have decreased]( because more people are charging and stories their bikes outdoors. - All the celebrities who tried protecting the Elizabeth Street Garden [have two weeks left to enjoy it]( before the city shuts it down to start developing affordable housing on the lot. - A sound engineer for Fleetwood Mac is suing the hit Broadway musical Stereophonic, accusing the show of [ripping off the true story of the making of "Rumours."]( - Alec {NAME}'s "Rust" is finally debuting — [at a film festival in Poland](. - Actor Ken Page, who played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway production of "Cats," [has died at the age of 70](. - The New Jersey Devils' are making the [Taylor Ham, egg and cheese sandwich]( a permanent fixture on their concessions menu. - New York City [belongs to]( Armour Girl. [“I think a lot more people at NYU need to hear this … to hear people who have been firsthandedly affected by it talking about it respectfully and not with any sort of hate in their voices.”]( - First Year NYU student Jake Christy on the school's efforts to hold [EMPATHIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [After 19 years, a docent at the Rubin Museum says goodbye to his ‘home away from home’]( After 20 years in Chelsea, the Rubin Museum, which houses art from Tibet, Nepal and the Himalayan regions of India and China, will close its doors permanently on Sunday and transition to a touring exhibition model. Nitin Ron, a doctor who has also worked as a tour guide at the Rubin for 19 years, reflects on the museum's importance. 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