Q&A
Discrepancy in reported CUNY student involvement in protests
1:56:33
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz questions Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez about a discrepancy between the Chancellor's testimony and a news article regarding CUNY student involvement in campus protests and arrests. The Chancellor claims there were inaccuracies in early reports and offers to provide updated information.
- Dinowitz cites an article stating 88 CUNY students and faculty were arrested, contradicting the Chancellor's earlier testimony.
- Rodriguez explains that initial reports were inaccurate and offers to provide finalized arrest information.
- The exchange highlights confusion and potential misinformation surrounding the events.
Eric Dinowitz
1:56:33
Thank you.
1:56:35
There's appearing to be a bit of a a pattern at this hearing.
1:56:39
You know, we're interested in talking about the report, the way it's being implemented, but a lot of the information that we need in order to have those conversations is not readily available.
1:56:50
But you testified, and I I it sounded weird when you said that none of the students so none of the individuals in the Encampments were CUNY students.
1:57:02
Now one of the recommendations, number 9, is to hold faculty and others accountable for violative conduct.
1:57:07
Now it references mostly speech, but I'm looking at an article, and it says of the of nearly 200 people arrested inside an administrative building and on the adjoining public streets, 54 were CUNY faculty or staff members, and 34 were students within the CUNY system with 8 with 8 directly affiliated with City College.
1:57:36
So that's 88, and that's 88 more than 0.
1:57:40
Yep.
1:57:41
So I'm trying to find where the discrepancy is between the testimony that
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:57:45
And I'll be we'll be more than happy to provide you the those were early reports of individuals that were identified and then upon further review of, they were not really or they have been former students.
1:57:57
They were part of the system.
1:57:58
So those were some of the issues with some of that information.
1:58:01
I'd be more than happy to give you the the finalized version of, of of the arrest and happy to give you that information.
