Fondling outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedNYU Campus Safety issued a Clery Campus Notice for a fondling outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street at about 2:55 a.m. on June 13, 2026.
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NYU Clery Campus Notice Fondling The Department of Campus Safety received a report of a fondling that occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m., outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan. The victim, an NYU student, reported that they were with a friend walking west on West 3rd Street when the suspect approached them from behind and grabbed the victim's buttocks. The suspect fled west and turned north on MacDougal Street. The victim was offered support services and declined to report to the NYPD. Description of Suspect: The suspect was identified by a review of cameras and is masculine-presenting with a light beige complexion and dark hair. At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing black pants, a long-sleeve black shirt, and carrying a black bag. A photograph is included below. The NYU Department of Campus Safety will continue to monitor the incident. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact NYU Campus Safety at (212) 998-2222. Please Remember These Safety Tips: Be aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone. Using a smartphone or other electronic device, especially with ear buds, can be distracting and may make you a vulnerable target for an assailant. Trust your instincts. If you feel that you may be in danger, seek out others, a store, or an open NYU facility that has Campus Safety Officers posted. Try not to walk alone during late-night hours. Walk in groups, whenever you can, there is always safety in numbers. If you are the victim of - or witness to - a crime, call 911 immediately and then report the incident to the Department of Campus Safety at (212) 998-2222. NYU Students can call the Wellness Exchange at (212) 443-9999, 24/7, for confidential medical and counseling support. NYU Faculty, Administrators, and Staff can call the Employee Assistance Program powered by Optum at (888) 980-8740, 24/7, for confidential counseling support. Check out our website to learn more about how to stay safe on campus and around the city, including tips, community engagement events, and digital programming. Read more about our notification policy and procedures. You can also learn more about Campus Safety's services and review answers to Frequently Asked Questions on our website.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Source present because NYU Clery Campus Notice and Department of Campus Safety identify the sender.
Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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- present: The branded header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" name the issuing campus and agency.
- present: The message is titled "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and names "The Department of Campus Safety" as the issuing authority.
- present: The opening "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The message opens with the branded notice NYU Clery Campus Notice and names the Department of Campus Safety.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the university and issuing agency.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "The Department of Campus Safety" identify who is issuing the message.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "The Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing university and agency.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify who is issuing the message.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify who is issuing the message.
- present: The heading NYU Clery Campus Notice and Department of Campus Safety identify the issuing authority.
- present: The branded heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify NYU Campus Safety as the sender.
- present: The branded heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify who is issuing the message.
- present: The NYU Clery Campus Notice header and Department of Campus Safety name the sender.
- present: NYU Clery Campus Notice plus Department of Campus Safety names the office that issued the alert.
- present: The branded header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Hazard present: fondling names a specific sexual crime.
What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.
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- present: The notice names "Fondling" and describes a suspect grabbing the victim, a specific crime threat.
- present: The title "Fondling" and the account of a suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks name a specific sex crime.
- present: It names "fondling" as the reported crime and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks.
- present: It names "Fondling" and a "report of a fondling", a specific sex-offense threat rather than a generic incident.
- present: The notice names "Fondling" and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks, a specific crime.
- present: It names "Fondling" and a suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks, a specific crime.
- present: It names fondling, a specific sex-offense crime rather than a generic emergency or incident.
- present: The notice titles and reports "fondling", a specific sexual crime rather than a generic incident.
- present: It names "Fondling" and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks, a specific crime.
- present: It names "Fondling" as the specific offense and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks.
- present: It names "Fondling" and a report of a fondling, a specific crime rather than a generic incident.
- present: It names "fondling", a specific sexual assault crime, not a generic incident or emergency.
- present: The text names "fondling" as the specific crime, not a generic emergency or incident.
- present: The alert names "Fondling" and describes a suspect grabbing the victim, a specific sexual-assault threat.
- present: It names "Fondling" and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks, a specific sex offense.
- present: The alert names Fondling and describes the suspect grabbing the victim buttocks, a specific crime.
- present: It names "Fondling" and describes the suspect grabbing the victim's buttocks, a specific crime.
- present: It names "fondling" as the specific crime, a reported sexual assault rather than a generic incident.
- present: The heading and body name "fondling", a specific sexual crime, including that the suspect grabbed the victim.
- present: It names "Fondling" and describes the suspect grabbing the victim, a specific crime threat.
- present: It names "fondling" as the specific crime and describes the suspect grabbing the victim.
- present: The text names "fondling" as the specific crime, not a generic incident.
- present: Fondling is named as the crime, a specific threat rather than a generic incident.
- present: The crime type Fondling is stated, which is a specific sexual offense rather than a vague incident.
- present: The text names "fondling" as the reported crime, a specific threat.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Location present outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan.
Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.
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- present: It places the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: The incident is placed outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan, with flight onto MacDougal Street.
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan" and the flight onto MacDougal Street.
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan", a named place and street.
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the crime outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan.
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It places the incident outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan.
- present: It places the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It locates the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It locates the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: It locates the crime "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan".
- present: The event is placed outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan.
- present: It happened outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan, a named place.
- present: It locates the incident "outside of Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street in Manhattan."
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Guidance present: stay aware, walk in groups, seek an open facility, and call 911.
The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.
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- present: Safety tips tell readers to seek others or an open NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell readers to stay aware, not walk alone late, seek others if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to be aware of surroundings, seek an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct people to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911 immediately.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to be aware of surroundings, seek others if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell people to seek others or an open NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911 immediately.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to stay aware, walk in groups, seek help if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Recipients are told to be aware of surroundings, seek others if in danger, walk in groups, and "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to stay aware, seek others if in danger, and "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips instruct readers to stay aware, seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, not walk alone at night, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct readers to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately."
- present: Recipients are told to seek others or an open NYU facility if in danger, not walk alone at night, and "call 911 immediately."
- present: Safety tips instruct people to stay aware, walk in groups, seek others if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others if in danger and to call 911 immediately if a victim or witness.
- present: Safety tips tell people to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips tell people to stay aware, walk in groups, seek an open facility, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to call 911 if a victim or witness.
- present: Safety tips instruct readers to seek others or an open facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips instruct people to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Readers are told to walk with others, get to an open NYU facility if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Protective tips include walking in groups, going to an open NYU facility if in danger, and calling 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct people to stay aware, not walk alone, seek a populated place if in danger, and call 911.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Time present via Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.
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- present: It timestamps the crime as "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: The crime is timed to Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It timestamps the crime as "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: The fondling "occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.", a date and clock time.
- present: It gives a date and clock time: Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It gives a date and clock time: Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It gives a date and clock time: Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It states the fondling occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It timestamps the crime on "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: The fondling "occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.", a date and clock time.
- present: It timestamps the crime "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: The fondling "occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.", a date and clock time.
- present: It states the fondling occurred on Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It states the incident occurred "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It states the offense occurred on "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It timestamps the offense as Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: The fondling is timed to "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It gives a date and clock time: "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It timestamps the offense as "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It gives the date and clock time "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: It gives a date and clock time: Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: It timestamps the fondling to "Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m."
- present: The notice gives Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
- present: Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m. is a date and clock time.
- present: It timestamps the fondling as Saturday, June 13, at approximately 2:55 a.m.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Impact absent: the fondling is named without a stated consequence or severity such as injury or danger.
What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.
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- absent: No consequence or severity language appears beyond naming the fondling itself.
- absent: No consequence or severity language appears beyond naming the fondling itself.
- absent: The notice reports a completed fondling without stating severity or consequences such as danger or injury.
- absent: The text recounts the fondling but gives no consequence or severity language such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: No consequence or severity language appears, such as dangerous or may cause injury.
- absent: It recounts a completed fondling but does not state potential consequences or severity such as dangerous or injury risk.
- absent: It describes the fondling but states no consequence or severity such as dangerous or risk of injury.
- absent: Nothing states consequences or severity such as dangerous or injury, only the crime name and completed act.
- absent: No consequence or severity language appears beyond naming the fondling itself.
- absent: Naming "fondling" does not state consequence or severity such as danger or injury.
- absent: No consequence or severity language appears, only the named fondling and what the suspect did.
- absent: The grabbing is described as the crime itself, with no statement of severity, injury, or other consequences.
- absent: No consequence or severity is given beyond naming the fondling, with no injury or danger wording.
- absent: Naming fondling and describing the grab does not add a consequence or severity statement such as injury or danger.
- absent: The fondling is described, but the text states no consequence or severity such as injury or danger.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated, only the crime name and account, without words such as dangerous or injury.
- absent: The notice recounts a completed fondling but never states severity or consequences such as dangerous or further harm.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated; fondling is named and described without words such as dangerous or injury.
- absent: It describes the fondling itself but does not state further consequences or severity such as danger or injury.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated beyond naming the crime; there is no "dangerous" or similar harm language.
- absent: The text names the crime and what occurred but does not state severity or consequences such as injury or danger from this incident.
- absent: No consequence or severity is stated, such as dangerous or may cause injury, only that a fondling occurred.
- absent: Naming fondling does not add a consequence or severity claim such as injury or danger.
- absent: The notice does not say the fondling caused injury or other harm beyond naming the offense.
- absent: Describing the grabbing does not add consequence or severity language such as dangerous or injury.
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Campus Alert Archive. "New York University: Fondling outside Vanderbilt Hall on West 3rd Street." Incident of June 13, 2026. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/nyu-vanderbilt-hall-fondling-2026-06-13/
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