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Hunter
Classes moved online ahead of a protest march toward a nearby museum gala
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedConfirmed Threat
On May 6, 2024, Hunter College moved all classes after 3 p.m. to remote after administrators received a warning that pro-Palestinian protesters would gather outside the East 68th Street campus and march toward the Met Gala. Hundreds rallied at Hunter and attempted to march to the Metropolitan Museum of Art roughly 14 blocks away, where the NYPD intercepted them; 27 people were arrested.
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Documented Timeline
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2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim
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All classes are moving remote today 5/6 and campus operations are limited due to ongoing disruptions.
This terse SMS-style alert was the operational notification students received as classes shifted online; CBS New York reproduced the text verbatim from the Hunter alert system on May 6, 2024
Students told CBS New York that the announcement took them by surprise, most had expected the protest to happen but not the campus closure
Hunter resumed normal in-person operations on May 7, 2024; the NYPD intercepted the citywide march approximately a block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and arrested 27 protesters on disorderly conduct charges
Context
Background
Hunter College's main 68th Street campus sits on Manhattan's Upper East Side just blocks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the 2024 Met Gala was scheduled for the evening of May 6. Pro-Palestinian organizers publicized Hunter as the staging point for a citywide "Day of Rage" march that would attempt to disrupt the gala. Anticipating disruption, Hunter administration emailed students that all classes after 3 p.m. would be remote and the campus would close. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Hunter that evening; some launched smoke bombs while marching. The NYPD intercepted the march roughly a block from the Met and arrested 27 people on disorderly conduct charges. The closure came less than a week after CUNY's City College encampment had been cleared by NYPD on April 30, and was part of a wave of campus protest disruptions across CUNY that spring.
Outcome
All in-person classes after 3 p.m. were canceled and moved online; in-person operations resumed May 7. The NYPD arrested 27 protesters on disorderly conduct charges as they attempted to disrupt the Met Gala.
Provenance
Sources
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "Hunter College, City University of New York: Classes moved online ahead of a protest march toward a nearby museum gala." Incident of May 6, 2024. Added May 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/hunter-college-met-gala-protest-2024-05-06/
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civil-unrestprotestcunyremote-classesmanhattannew-yorkpro-palestinianmet-galapreemptive-closure
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion