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How Jesse Hamilton Held on at Eric Adams’ City Hall
An hour after pleading not guilty to corruption charges in a ninth floor courtroom of Manhattan Supreme Court last week, Jesse Hamilton handed in his resignation as deputy commissioner for real estate at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). He’d just been hit with an indictment alleging that he’d conspired with Ingrid Lewis-Martin — […]
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Feds Promise Faster Penn Station Renovations Now as Trump Priority
Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledged Wednesday that the massive overhaul of Penn Station — wrested away from the state of New York earlier this year — will “move at the speed of Trump” once it starts in 2027. Standing outside an entrance to the country’s busiest rail station, Duffy said the federal government’s April […]
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Judge Extends Restraining Order Limiting Capacity in ICE’s Manhattan Lockup
A federal judge has extended a temporary restraining order that was set to expire this week that dramatically limits the number of people immigration enforcement can hold inside its detention area on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. The order — which mandates basic sanitary conditions inside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement lockup and […]
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Top NYPD Traffic Chief Probed for Alleged Hit-and-Run, Cover-Up
A top NYPD official in charge of transportation is under investigation for an alleged hit and run of a parked car — and then trying to cover it up, THE CITY has learned. Franklin Sepulveda, the NYPD’s director of traffic, allegedly sideswiped a car near the division’s Midtown headquarters on April 3 and later instructed […]
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Probe NYPD Misuse of Facial Recognition, Legal Aid Urges Inspector General
The Legal Aid Society has asked the city Department of Investigation to look into the NYPD’s use of facial technology and apparent violations of its own internal policies. In a letter sent Monday, lawyers with Legal Aid cited reporting by THE CITY on an incident in which the NYPD circumvented its own restrictions on facial […]
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