Bloomberg reporter arrested during anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University
Monday, 19 May 2025، 11:48 PM
A now-former Bloomberg News reporter was arrested when anti-Israel protesters took over Columbia University’s main library this month. Jason Kao, who also used to work at the New York Times, was charged with criminal trespass after NYPD officers entered Butler Library to regain control of the building on the elite Morningside Heights campus on May 7. The graphics reporter is no longer employed by the financial news outlet, a Bloomberg spokesperson said (Read more at New York Post).