Bahar Ostadan

The officers are accused of abusing a woman who was “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated” last July.

The mayor’s comments fit into a long history of public officials blaming outside groups for inciting violence during civil demonstrations.

Like their peers at Columbia, NYU administrators say outside agitators are adding to the chaos.

The clearing of the encampment at NYU comes five days after the NYPD arrested more than 100 protesters who put up tents on the lawn at Columbia University.

Hundreds of people gathered in and outside the school’s Morningside Heights campus as classes went remote under the administration’s orders.

Police said the man distributed literature before self-immolating.

Lindy Jones, 41, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors say he was in the car Officer Jonathan Diller was investigating when he was fatally shot last month.

Commissioner Edward Caban announced late Friday that the officers “acted within the law.”

Thieves are stealing from New Yorkers using phone, mail and online scams.

The quake lasted less than a minute but the extent of the damage is unclear.

The boy had been hospitalized in critical condition since the March 20 blaze.

Police say a man has been arrested in connection with one of the attacks.