Providing SAT scores has been optional for enrollment at Columbia University since the COVID pandemic.

Chell recommended AOC “walk around Columbia and NYU and listen to their remarks of pure hatred.”

“I will ensure those ‘units’ (you criticized) will protect you as they do for all NYers,” he added.

Chell was backed up by NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry, who also encouraged AOC to take a tour of Columbia’s campus.

“Everyday, [our officers] have to endure insults, threats, and hate speech merely because of the uniform they wear as they try to keep the peace and protect everyone’s rights,” Daughtry wrote. “I encourage you @AOC to visit Columbia and do a walk through; I promise our officers will, like always, do their job, and protect you like they have protected everyone on campus regardless of what your political beliefs are.”

“We’ll also take a report if you feel threatened,” he added.

The debate came a day after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson met with Jewish students at Columbia and demanded that University President Minouche Shafik resign over how she handled the Gaza protests on her campus.

He also said the national guard may be needed to restore order, a recommendation Mayor Adams shot down Thursday.

“We’re controlling this in the New York City Police Department — no one does it better,” he told CBS New York. “We do not need the National Guard.”

Adams declined to say if Shafik should resign. “It’s not my determination who colleges pick to run their institution,” he said.

Columbia University has now given protesters until Friday to leave campus. NYPD officials have said they are willing to go back in at the university’s request but want to make sure there is an action plan in place first to bar protesters from returning again.

—With Cayla Bamberger

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