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Columbia University is facing a civil rights lawsuit from a group of current and former students and employees who allege the Ivy League institution “acted with deliberate indifference” toward the harassment of Palestinians on campus.
In a complaint filed Monday, the plaintiffs allege Columbia, rather than intervening, “actively participated in and amplified the racially, ethnically, and politically motivated targeting of Palestinian students, staff, and faculty.”
The plaintiffs are asking the New York County Supreme Court to intervene, as well as award them damages.
Columbia has faced repeated complaints over its handling of allegations of discrimination and harassment. In February, the university settled a lawsuit filed by Jewish students who alleged Columbia wasn’t doing enough to respond to antisemitism. And last summer, it agreed to numerous, wide-ranging policies from the Trump administration to end civil rights investigations into antisemitism on its campus and restore its federal research funding.
