The University Senate will vote Thursday on whether to repeal NYU’s ban on Coca-Cola products, potentially ending a 28-month ban on the soft drink and angering students who continue to accuse the company of labor and human rights violations.

“The bottom line is that Coke’s purported willingness to allow an investigation is a pretext to justify lifting the ban,” the law students’ report said. “Coke has not agreed to an independent investigation. More importantly, they have not changed their policies in Colombia. At the very least, NYU should await unequivocal evidence that Coke has met the terms of NYU’s 2005 resolution before considering lifting the ban.”

City Council member Eric Gioia of Queens is challenging New York’s political candidates to put their money where their mouths are on environmental issues and run “carbon-neutral” campaigns. Mr. Gioia, a likely candidate for public advocate, said yesterday that his campaign would purchase carbon offsets, use hybrid vehicles, send fewer mailers and more e-mail, and take other steps to make up for the greenhouse emissions produced by his run for office.

“You have to be the change you want to see,” Mr. Gioia said yesterday. “I certainly hope others will follow my example.”

Eager to cool its often rancorous relations with its neighbors in Greenwich Village — and to pave the way for its next 25 years of expansion — New York University has agreed to try to push some of its expansion farther from its central core, to consult the community when it designs new space and to develop policies to relocate tenants when they must be moved because of university construction.

“The county and N.Y.U. have been in turmoil for well over 20 years,” said Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president who led the task force that shaped the accord. “This is the first joint announcement ever. Like the Israeli peace plan, I can’t guarantee that there will be peace. But this is definitely N.Y.U. changing direction.”

Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg’s testimony in Albany this week that the city’s taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they get back, a City Council member is offering legislation that would begin the process of having New York City secede from New York State.

He added that Albany and the rest of New York north of the Bronx border does have some redeeming qualities. “The city needs upstate — it’s where the city gets its water. It dumps its prisoners upstate,” Mr. Stern said.

The resolution urges President Bush to allow openly gay men and women to serve in the armed forces.

The “don’t ask don’t tell” policy, enacted under President Clinton in 1993, allows gay men and women to serve in the military, as long as they do not disclose their orientation. Since the policy was put into place, thousands of gays and lesbians have been expelled from the military for violating it. In May, 79% of Americans surveyed in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll supported allowing openly gay people to serve in the military, while 18% opposed it.