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Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani “The Department of Homeland Security has authorities that have never been utilized before,” Secretary Kristi Noem told the group.

Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/02/t...

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Mamdani Leads Primary Vote in Rebuke to Cuomo No mayoral candidate took more than 50% of first round votes in the Democratic mayoral primary, prompting a ranked-choice tally next week.

Mamdani Leads Primary Vote in Rebuke to Cuomo www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.

A reporter from The City had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?”

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Chief of Department John Chell Used False Identity in Bid to Avoid Income Tax, NYPD Records Show Chell pleaded guilty to departmental charges in that case and one other, according to records in a lawsuit accusing him of misrepresenting an incident where officers ran over a man.

Chief of Department John Chell Used False Identity in Bid to Avoid Income Tax, NYPD Records Show www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/12/j...

Migrants, and a Pastor, Arrested Inside Manhattan Immigration Courthouse Dozens of masked agents in plainclothes searched for targets exiting the elevators.

Migrants, and a Pastor, Arrested Inside Manhattan Immigration Courthouse www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/i...

De Blasio Sued City Hall and Lost. Here’s How Much It’s Costing Us The former mayor apologized to New Yorkers and agreed to pay for his past NYPD protection on the presidential campaign trail. But taxpayers still paid to defend a "meritless" lawsuit he filed to avoid...

Mayor [firstname, lastname] sells out New Yorkers to protect himself from consequences of abusing power.

OMNY Complaints Mount as MTA Still Working Out Bugs in New System Commuters say they are running into delays on being billed for transit trips. The MTA insists kinks will be ironed out by the end of the year.

If you, like me, have spent HOURS (no exaggeration) on hold w/the MTA recently, trying to understand why your credit card keeps being rejected at the turnstile, you need to read this @jmartineznyc.bsky.social story in @thecity.nyc. I felt seen.
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Dark Money Group With Cuomo Ties Sends Election Mail Blitz “Restore Sanity” doesn’t disclose its funders as it urges voters to “beat back special interests.” But records show it’s linked to Tusk Strategies, whose CEO is advising Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for ma...

“Restore Sanity” doesn’t disclose its funders as it urges voters to “beat back special interests.” But records show it’s linked to Tusk Strategies, whose CEO is advising Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for mayor. via @katiehonan.bsky.social

Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

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Albany Push for Prison Reforms Left Out of State Budget The father of fatally beaten inmate Robert Brooks was among those pleading for more oversight and compassion in the state prison system.

During the hearing, Daniel Martuscello revealed that 46 people have died behind bars this year. That’s actually on pace to be slightly lower than the 144 prison deaths in 2024, which was a five-year high. Lawmakers push for early release measure on good behavior.
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None of this is legal, hope this helps.

Four year limit on “hearts with the victims as they seek justice and healing for the wrongs they have experienced.” #UnionStrong

Few Have Left Prison Under Hochul Early-Release Push Just 151 people have left state incarceration out of hundreds potentially eligible as state grapples with a shortage of correction officers. Housing restrictions are a big reason why.

ICYMI: New York State is currently keeping 404 people in prison simply b/c they have no place to go. That's the only reason they are locked up right now. The state law dictating early releases by DOCCS bars them from being sprung straight into shelters.
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Brooklyn Food Pantry Loses Federal Migrant Aid Grants — for Feeding Migrants The Federal Emergency Management Agency yanked $1.3 million in funds from the Campaign Against Hunger, accusing the group of aiding “illegal aliens.”

FEMA: Here's money to feed migrants.

Also FEMA: Actually, we're taking those away because you fed migrants and they could be "illegal" so maybe you're breaking the law.

In the meantime, a food pantry scrambles to meet the needs of hungry New Yorkers.

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“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s ...

“This is setting us back decades,” said Dr. Huang. “Everyone should be extremely concerned about what’s going on.”'
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in ... Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password"

When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity | Will Bunch Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice.

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ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now His Son Is In Bukele’s Mega-prison In El Salvador documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...

Columbia Student Hunted by Homeland Security Asks If She’s Hidden Name in Marco Rubio Memo Lawyers for the green card holder are demanding the Trump administration produce a memo by Rubio in which her name likely appears, alongside that of detained activist Mamoud Khalil.

Columbia Student Hunted by Homeland Security Asks If She’s Hidden Name in Sec. Marco Rubio Memo www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/11/c...

Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects All five boroughs are affected by the cancellation of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which funds more than $300 million in projects to ward off coastal and rainfall…

NEW: FEMA cancelled the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, jeopardizing over $300 million for New York City-specific efforts meant to protect against flooding from rainfall and coastal storms.

Nearly Decade After Brutal Beating by Prison Guards, Man Gets $1.2 Million Settlement “I know what it's like to be on a f-ing table, chained up, immobilized and to be beaten nonstop,” Matthew Raymond told THE CITY. “It’s not OK. It ruined my life.”

Local news matters: “You saved me, whether from another beating or death, that article made them think, if we touch this kid, it’s going to hit the New York Daily News, and whoever is connected to that is going to burn,” he told THE CITY last week.
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Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.

“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

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Private groups work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation President Donald Trump's efforts to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations are getting help from private groups that use facial-recognition technology to identify m...

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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

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