Important Takeaways:

• In the largest planned pro-Palestinian action of the day, protesters are expected to march through Manhattan, from Wall Street to Columbus Circle
• A vigil to remember those killed and missing in last year’s Hamas attack on Oct. 7 will come within blocks of a pro-Palestinian march Monday night.
• NYPD officials are planning to keep both groups separate in what is expected to be the culmination of a tense day of protests and prayers.
• Smashed windows, red paint and graffiti including “divest now” was discovered spray-painted on the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center on the City College of New York campus in Hamilton Heights on Monday morning.
• At Columbia University, access is limited to ID holders in an effort to keep out outside agitators.
• More walkouts are expected in the afternoon, with both students and faculty from CUNY and city public schools gathering at Washington Square Park, to join the larger protest marching north.
• Blocks away in Central Park, a candle lighting ceremony with members of the Jewish community will remember those killed, with music and prayer
• Police officials say they are most concerned about the protest in Times Square, and the pro-Israeli prayer vigil in Central Park.

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