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NYPD Agrees to Stricter Practices on Immigration Enforcement Following Probe
An NYPD officer violated New York sanctuary city laws limiting the department’s assistance to federal immigration agencies by accepting a request from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to flag individuals facing deportation, a new Department of Investigation (DOI) report charges. The officer set the alerts, but ultimately kept that information within the NYPD and […]
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Long-Stalled Atlantic Yards Project Could Be Revived in New Plan
A long-stalled project to create thousands of new Brooklyn apartments near Barclays Center could be getting new life. Overseen by the Empire State Development agency, the 22-acre Atlantic Yards project — also known as Pacific Park — was projected to create more than 6,400 apartments in central Brooklyn. But more than two decades after it was […]
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Council Revamps Bill Giving Housing Groups First Dibs to Buy — and Landlords Still Object
Housing preservation groups could be first in line to buy troubled apartment buildings when they go up for sale under a City Council bill updated Monday to address pushback. “This version of the bill gives an opportunity to prove the case that we can give qualified purchasers a slight window to make a real, market-based […]
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ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
ICE agents arrested a Chinese father and his 6-year-old son, separating the two and sending the father to Orange County Jail while the whereabouts of the son remain unknown as of Tuesday morning. The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE inside 26 Federal Plaza last Wednesday, advocates who accompanied the […]
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State Comptroller DiNapoli Faces Rare Primary Challengers
Last month, the nonprofit Citizens Budget Commission brought together the state comptroller Tom DiNapoli, outgoing City Comptroller Brad Lander and his incoming successor Mark Levine to discuss fiscal issues and what a comptroller does. It fell to Bill Thompson, a former city comptroller, to introduce DiNapoli, who has served in the job for 18 years. […]
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