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The NYPD began clearing out an anti-Israel tent encampment at New York University and the New School at the request of college officials Friday morning, arresting more than a dozen protesters.

Police officers detained 13 protesters as they ordered demonstrators to disperse from the encampment on the lower Manhattan campus, law enforcement sources said.

Police officers also started dismantling the encampments at The New School and Parsons Friday morning, according to video from independent journalist Katie Smith.

At least 43 people were arrested at the New School campus, law enforcement sources said.

The tent encampment at NYU had been up since April 26, the school claimed.

Police officers in riot gear helmets were seen standing guard outside every NYU entrance while others worked to sift through the tents and other debris from the demonstration, video from reporter Mary-Lyn Buckley showed.

“The encampment at NYU is being taken down, protesters have been removed, and campus is closed,” Buckley wrote.

NYU’s call to the NYPD came shortly after news broke that an officer “accidentally” fired their gun during the brutal Tuesday night raid on Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.

NYPD was tasked with clearing out the academic building after anti-Israel protesters illegally occupied it and defied the administration’s orders to evacuate.

Around 300 people – a mix of students and non-students – were arrested from the protests at Columbia and City College Tuesday night, according to the NYPD.

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