Hundreds of protesters gathered outside New York University on Friday, May 3, hours after police arrested dozens and cleared away encampments in the area, local media reported.In a post to X, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said NYU and The New School both requested assistance in dispersing “illegal encampments.” According to NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell, 56 people were arrested Friday morning.Photojournalist Brendan Gutenschwager captured footage of protesters outside NYU’s John A. Paulson Center on Friday.According to a flyer, protesters picketing at NYU are calling for “amnesty for all students, faculty, and graduate workers involved in the encampment,” they want “cops off our campus,” and demand the NYU administration “substantively negotiate with students over their demands for disclosure, divestment, and an academic boycott of Israel.” Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful