Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos joined immigration advocates on Thursday to demand federal authorities release Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained in an immigration courthouse. Dylan, 20, an asylum seeker from Venezuela and a student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy, was arrested at a routine court hearing last week after the government moved to dismiss his … Read more
Mayor Adams has sued the city’s Campaign Finance Board over its repeated denial of matching funds for his reelection campaign. The lawsuit, first reported by Politico on Tuesday, seeks $3.4 million that the mayor has been denied by the CFB, which has cited Adams’ five-count federal indictment in its decisions. “An indictment is not a … Read more
Slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt’s surviving relatives are reportedly set to receive a $5 million payment to settle their wrongful death suit against the federal government. Justice Department officials and Babbitt’s lawyers agreed to the huge payment to resolve a $30 million suit that blamed Capitol Police for shooting Babbitt dead as she and … Read more
Mayor Adams said Monday that the feds intended to “humiliate” him with a plan to carry out a search warrant on him at the New York City Marathon finish line. Federal agents considered intercepting the mayor at the finish line of the marathon in 2023, a trove of documents released Friday as part of Adams’ … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of President Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals. The disparate events ranged from a march through Midtown Manhattan and a rally in front of the White House to a … Read more
Mayor Adams’ first deputy mayor Randy Mastro can continue representing Madison Square Garden against a lawsuit brought by NBA legend Charles Oakley, a judge ruled Monday. The judge’s decision comes after Oakley tried to get the judge to disqualify the Adams administration official from defending the arena, arguing earlier this month Mastro’s continued representation of … Read more
Mayor Adams, who announced that he would run for reelection as an independent, said Wednesday that his line on November’s mayoral general election will be “Safe Streets, Affordable City” — signaling his plans to make a viable case to New Yorkers for a second term. Adams, who is facing political fallout over his corruption indictment … Read more
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The temporary order comes hours after a Justice Department emergency appeal to the Supreme Court arguing U.S. District … Read more
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads Sen. Chuck Schumer by 18% in a poll of a potential New York Democratic 2028 primary matchup. The progressive lawmaker has the backing of 55% of likely voters compared to just 36% for Schumer in the head-to-head survey by the liberal Data for Progress opinion research firm that was released on … Read more
Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho’s decision to dismiss “with prejudice” the sweeping public corruption charges against Mayor Adams was a stinging indictment of the Justice Department’s position that it could drop the case to procure the mayor’s cooperation on immigration matters. “DOJ’s immigration enforcement rationale is both unprecedented and breathtaking in its sweep. DOJ cites … Read more