Despite Demands, NYU Unlikely to End Relationship With NYPD

NYPD officers block the entrance of the Manhattan Bridge as hundreds protesting alleged police brutality and systemic racism attempt to cross into the borough of Manhattan from Brooklyn after a citywide curfew went into effect in New York City on June 2, 2020. Scott Heins/Getty Images

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.