Overview
- The banner, raised Wednesday over NYU’s Steinhardt building overlooking Washington Square Park, showed a Star of David flanked by two swastikas with the letters “NYU.”
- Campus safety officers removed the flag minutes after it was reported around 5 p.m., with police noting a 5:21 p.m. 911 call that alerted them to the display.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident, and no arrests had been announced as of Friday.
- NYU condemned the act as antisemitic and said it is working closely with police, while Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also denounced the display.
- The flag appeared during the Grad Alley celebration on a building named for Jewish philanthropists Michael and Judy Steinhardt, deepening concern on a campus that has reported prior antisemitic incidents.