A coalition of states — including New York and New Jersey, which just experienced flash flooding that killed two — are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars of natural disaster preparedness funding. The group of 19 Democratic attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused the Federal […]

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Former Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon filed an explosive federal lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that Mayor Eric Adams and several of his associates he made department leaders functioned as a criminal “racketeering” enterprise.  Donlon said the officials’ efforts to consolidate power and punish dissent included promoting unqualified but politically connected officers — including by forging Donlon’s […]

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A 20-year-old high school student from Ecuador reunited with her family early Wednesday morning, after three weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana following her arrest after a routine immigration court appearance at 26 Federal Plaza.  Joselyn Chipantiza-Sisalema, 20, was greeted by a small group of supporters at the Port Authority bus terminal shortly after midnight, […]

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Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has been reaping the spoils of his blowout Democratic primary victory, records filed Tuesday show, raking in a huge wave of campaign donations and securing another $1 million in public matching funds for the general election. His chief rivals for the general election, meanwhile, had more fraught post-primary experiences. Mayor Eric […]

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Thousands of workers who provide legal services to low-income people are preparing for a possible strike by the end of this week — joining the more than 400 already on the picket line seeking better pay for themselves and more resources for their clients amid steep federal funding cuts. Lawyers and other staff at CAMBA, […]

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