Despite an ongoing student petition calling to “sever ties with the NYPD,” New York University (NYU) said on Monday that its relationship with the city’s police department is unlikely to change.
Fountain Walker, NYU’s vice president for campus safety, clarified in a campuswide message that although the university remains in contact with the NYPD to deal with serious emergencies or crimes, it doesn’t have any standing contract for services with the law enforcement agency.