Updated 1/26/2026, 2:50 p.m.: The Trust told Hell Gate it is taking the request from elected officials "seriously" and that it is currently reviewing the letter with legal counsel. ICE said the officials' demand was "a tired tactic in a futile effort to place politics over public safety."
More than a dozen New York City elected officials are urging the Hudson River Park Trust to immediately break its contract with the Trump administration that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to park their vehicles in the parking garage at Pier 40 on the west side of Manhattan.
After Hell Gate reported on the trust's five-year, $797,358 contract with the federal government on Wednesday, the trust told us that they would not renew the agreement when it was supposed to expire this coming June.
But on Thursday night, 13 City and State elected officials sent a letter to Hudson River Park Trust executive director Noreen Doyle urging her "to make every effort to terminate this contract immediately."
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