Immigration
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In one of America’s wealthiest districts, NY-12 candidates clash over working-class credentials
Emceed by Don Lemon and featuring Katie Couric among its moderators, Wednesday’s debate was the first to put all six major candidates on one stage—sparring over Iran, ICE, AI, and the Epstein files.
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Brad Lander found not guilty in ICE protest case days before NY-10 primary
The former NYC comptroller and congressional candidate was acquitted of a misdemeanor charge stemming from a September protest at a Manhattan ICE facility, with early voting two days away.
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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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5 things in New York’s new state budget—and 2 things that aren’t
New York finally has a budget. Here’s what made the cut, and what didn’t.
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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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Gov. Hochul says New York has a budget deal. The legislature isn’t so sure
Five weeks late and still not done: the governor’s $268 billion budget announcement was immediately downplayed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and advocates say it doesn’t do enough to help working New Yorkers.
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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.
