The city Department of Probation is understaffed, overworked and plagued by a revolving door of top officials under Commissioner Juanita Holmes, according to multiple veteran officers and the union leader representing rank-and-file employees.  As of June 1, the department was operating with just 750 staff members, despite having 974 budgeted positions, according to a City […]

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The judge presiding in nearly half the new cases on the New York immigration courts’ docket for adult detainees was finally fed up. Immigration Judge Dara Reid had granted bond twice to a 31-year-old Venezuelan man, flatly rejecting the “unsubstantiated assertion” from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that he was tied to the gang Tren […]

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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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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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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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