Judge David Kim was on the bench for a merits hearing on an asylum case at 26 Federal Plaza Thursday afternoon when he received an email informing him he’d been laid off, “effective today.”  “I had to stop the hearing,” he recalled.  Kim was one of two immigration judges, both immigrants themselves, in New York City […]

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THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Amid increased pressure from federal and state leaders, New York colleges must designate a staffer by next year to address hate crimes and discrimination under a new law applying to both public and private institutions. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the […]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani urged supporters to join them and volunteer in the final weeks of the general election at an event Saturday, the latest stop on the senator’s national Fighting Oligarchy tour. The event was held at Brooklyn College, where Sanders, a borough native, attended school for a year […]

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In October 2023, Mayor Eric Adams showed up for the opening of a new office of a big personal injury law firm, Morgan & Morgan, smiling and posing for selfies in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The firm made sure to post photos of the mayor’s seemingly random visit on social media. The visit, however, was […]

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Management at a Bronx pharmaceutical plant on strike since Sept. 2 announced it is hiring replacement workers “on a permanent basis,” according to a written notice posted near striking employees on the picket line Thursday morning, THE CITY has learned.  More than 200 factory workers at Perrigo, a company that manufactures private-label, over-the-counter medication, walked […]

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