Overview

• Emails show NYU officials first asked to change the date or location due to anticipated protests tied to the Oct. 7, 2023 anniversary.
• Student organizers said they could move the venue but kept the Oct. 7 date because Ilya Shapiro was only available that day.
• Associate Dean Megan McDermott later told students the law school could not host the event during Oct. 6–10 because of high demands on security and personnel.
• Administrators say they requested a new date rather than canceling, though the event appears in the school system as canceled.
• The Federalist Society moved to a nearby off-campus, nationally streamed discussion featuring Judges Lisa Branch and Roy Altman moderating a conversation with Shapiro and Nadine Strossen, as reported, with the dispute drawing federal scrutiny of NYU’s handling of antisemitism according to reports.