The City Council Wants to Finally Fix NYC's Broken Street Vendor System, Again
After 2021 reforms stalled out, will the City Council and the City finally get it right this time?
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How Eric Adams and the NYPD Helped Create the Xenophobic Tren de Aragua Panic
New York City's law enforcement officials were some of the first to push the narrative that a mysterious and deadly Venezuelan gang was running amok, despite little evidence to back it up.
‘Unprecedented,’ ‘Ugly,’ ‘McCarthyism’: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Fight His Detention in Court
Government lawyers defending the effort to deport Khalil told a judge he lacked jurisdiction to stop it because Khalil was flown to Louisiana within hours of being taken into custody.
ICE Arrested a New Yorker in a Schenectady Courthouse Without a Warrant
The arrest, supposed to be banned by a 2020 law, took place a week before a new memo to court officers advised them to step aside if ICE proceeds, sans warrant.
Statewide Memo Tells Court Officers to Let ICE Make Arrests in Courthouses
If federal officers try to execute an arrest without a warrant in a courthouse, the February 6 memo states, “UCS uniformed personnel should neither obstruct nor assist in any way.”
New York's Kitchens Prep to Resist ICE
Organizers and immigrant rights advocates are teaming up to teach servers, kitchen staffers, restaurant owners, and delivery workers their rights when it comes to dealing with law enforcement.
Adams Administration Finally Issues Guidance That Complies With NYC's Sanctuary Laws
The new guidance arrives just days before the mayor meets with Trump's deportation czar Tom Homan.
City Lawmakers Urge Mayor Adams to 'Grow a Damn Spine' in the Face of Trump's ICE Operations
The Sunday rally called on the mayor to rescind a controversial memo Hell Gate revealed last week.
City Council Speaker: The Adams Administration's New ICE Guidance Is a 'Betrayal of New Yorkers and Our City'
The council's demand for the administration to rescind the guidance comes after Hell Gate reported on the existence of the memo earlier this week.
New Memo from Adams Administration Tells Migrant Shelter Operators to Let ICE In Without a Warrant If They 'Reasonably Feel Threatened'
The memo offers a broad exception for federal immigration enforcement that wasn't in separate instructions issued last month.
'Harsh' New Federal Law to Expand Trump's Deportation Machine Hits NYC Just as the NYPD Doubles Down on Broken Windows
The Adams administration has not said how it plans to respond to the Laken Riley Act, which gives federal authorities the right to detain immigrants accused of crimes like petty theft.
