Civil Rights
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won’t give Juneteenth off unless union workers give up another holiday
Workers and civil rights advocates push back as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blocks paid time off for the holiday for the fourth time.
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How a loophole helping New York hedge funds exploit the Global South might finally close
The New York State Senate has passed the Champerty Fix Act, a bill to close a 20-year-old loophole that lets vulture funds sue the world’s poorest countries for profit in New York courts. Now it heads to the Assembly.
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New York lawmakers, organizers visit NJ ICE facility as hunger strike continues
US Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Wednesday, where roughly 300 detainees have refused food and work for five days over squalid conditions inside the facility.
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ICE ignores federal judge’s ban on immigrant courthouse arrests in NY
A federal judge banned ICE from arresting immigrants at Manhattan courthouses. The agency ignored it within 24 hours.
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Brad Lander resumes court-watching to protect immigrants from ICE
The former NYC comptroller spent Monday morning at 26 Federal Plaza—the same building where he was arrested last September—after his federal trial was pushed to June.
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New York AG Tish James escalates fight against ‘predatory’ surveillance pricing
James and allies are pushing legislation to make New York the first state to ban surveillance pricing, arguing that algorithms are exploiting the people who can least afford it.
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Epstein survivors testify in Albany, push for bill to let victims sue his estate
For the first time, Epstein survivors testified before a state legislative body. The Senate Codes Committee advanced three bills in response, including one that would make it a felony to knowingly profit from a sex trafficking venture.
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Brooklyn leaders rally after ICE detention outside hospital
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, NYC Councilmembers Sandy Nurse and Jen Gutiérrez, and hundreds of community members rallied outside the hospital Monday morning after a Saturday night standoff ended in nine arrests.
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Mail-in ballots are under threat. Here’s how New Yorkers can use them anyway
New York is one of 23 states suing to block President Donald Trump’s latest executive order targeting mail-in ballots. While the fight plays out in court, here are must-know deadlines.
