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At Bronx School for Immigrants, One Teen Fights for an Education Under Trump
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Chalkbeat spent more than six months visiting ELLIS Preparatory Academy during the 2024-25 school year to understand the far-reaching effects of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy on New York City’s students. This is the first of two stories. In the hours […]
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Rikers Detainees Denied Mental Health Care They Need to Stand Trial, Suit Says
Hundreds of mentally ill people are routinely trapped on Rikers Island for months at a time without court-ordered treatment they need to stand trial, a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday afternoon by the city’s largest public defender organization charges. The New York State Office of Mental Health and top city jail officials repeatedly flout judges’ orders […]
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Judge Orders ICE to Improve Squalid Manhattan Lockup Conditions
A federal judge Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order, requiring the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions for immigrants inside the 10th floor detention area of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan as well as provide access to confidential calls for attorneys. In a written order Tuesday afternoon, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the Trump administration […]
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Eric Adams Aide Pleads Guilty in Illegal Campaign Fundraising Scheme
A former aide to Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday admitted choreographing an illegal donation scheme aimed at generating matching funds for the mayor’s 2021 campaign, contending he was “instructed” on how to do this by a campaign volunteer. Mohammed Bahi, who served as one of the mayor’s liaisons to the Muslim community, entered a guilty […]
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Trump Said He’s Just ‘Starting With D.C.’ Democrats Who Run Other Cities Worry They’re Next.
Elected Democrats at every level of government are watching the Trump administration’s moves to police the District of Columbia closely, worrying that the president’s efforts to exert more power will reach their cities next. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he put the city’s police department under federal control and activated the National Guard to patrol the city, […]
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