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Espaillat and Velazquez Call On DHS To Investigate Manhattan ICE Facility
New York Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate a New York City facility that’s become pivotal in the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has received increased public scrutiny in recent weeks over its treatment of immigrants who are detained at 26 […]
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Trump Administration Sues New York City to Upend Sanctuary Protections for Immigrants
The federal government sued New York City over its sanctuary city statutes on Thursday, citing the recent shooting of a law enforcement official by an undocumented migrant as the latest example of its policies bringing “tragic consequences.” The suit, filed in the Eastern District of New York with the United States of America as plaintiff, names […]
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Traveling the City By Water: Your Guide to NYC Boats and Ferries
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Our city is a collection of islands, and New Yorkers have been using ferries to traverse its waterways for centuries. The first ferryman in […]
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LISTEN: A Father and an Immigrant and a Criminal
In the latest episode of LIT NYC, host Katie Honan talks with author Radha Vatsal, a speechwriter at city hall by day, to discuss her new novel about old New York, No. 10 Doyers Street, and “a past that was not as black and white as we make it out to be today.” Vatsal, an […]
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Sweeping Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Project Vote Postponed, Again
A vote on the proposed makeover of a mile-long stretch of industrial Brooklyn coastline has been postponed for the fifth time this year — once again leaving the future of a $3.5 billion port redevelopment plan up in the air. The leadership of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force and the New York City Economic […]
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