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'They’re Taking People': Man Separated From Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

14 hours ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

Jessica, a 33-year-old special education teacher at a local private school, was sitting damp-eyed on a stoop near immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. Her husband, Jean Carlos, had come Monday morning for a hearing in his asylum case, and Jessica, feeling a growing sense of unease, had decided to accompany him. The two exchanged WhatsApp messages throughout the morning while Jessica waited outside in a nearby park.
Cuomo Claimed These NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorsed Him. They Say They Never Did.

1 day ago | thecity.nyc | Samantha Maldonado

Jeannette Salcedo is still mulling over who to endorse in the mayor’s race. So Salcedo, the resident association president at NYCHA’s Castle Hill Houses in The Bronx, was taken aback when someone asked her about an Instagram post from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s account with her name on it, indicating she’d endorsed him for mayor. “How did that happen?” Salcedo asked. “I did not endorse him. I did not. I don’t know who I’m endorsing.
Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Up

1 day ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan |Ben Fractenberg

Outside a nondescript office building on Elk Street in Lower Manhattan, scenes of pain and anguish unfolded on the pavement throughout Wednesday as immigrants and their family members waited to see if their loved ones would return from what had been billed as routine procedures. The basement office hosts ICE check-ins, run by private subcontractor the Geo Group.
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan

2 days ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

Federal agents arrested numerous immigrants at required check-ins with the agency on Tuesday, after a private contractor with the agency summoned an untold number of people to show up for appointments this week. THE CITY witnessed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shuttling at least 16 people out of a nondescript office building where people in deportation proceedings are required to report to a private contractor working with the agency.
First Lien Sale in Years Has Struggling Homeowners Fearing the Worst

3 days ago | thecity.nyc | Haidee Chu

When Petal Sandiford stepped into the Flatbush YMCA several weeks ago, the 63-year-old home care worker had just one thing in mind: To get her late uncle’s house in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, where she and six of her relatives live, off the list for the property lien sale happening this Tuesday.
Asian Neighborhoods Sat Out the Presidential Election - and Democratic Candidates for Mayor Are Paying Attention

3 days ago | thecity.nyc | Samantha Maldonado |Haidee Chu |Katie Honan

In the race to become the next mayor of New York City, Democratic candidates in this month’s primary face a challenge and an opportunity: winning over Asian voters in their party who sat out last year’s presidential election.
NYPD Commissioner Stands by Work With Feds Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown

1 week ago | thecity.nyc | Yoav Gonen

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday that the department is not reconsidering its cooperation with federal law enforcement entities on criminal investigations as the Trump administration radically amps up immigration enforcement inside of New York City.
ICE Agents Arrest at Least Seven Immigrants as Courthouse Blitz Continues

1 week ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

ICE agents continued arresting immigrants after routine immigration court proceedings in another Lower Manhattan courthouse Thursday. THE CITY witnessed seven arrests throughout the morning Thursday, which followed another seven arrests yesterday at an immigration courthouse across the street at 26 Federal Plaza.
New York Charities Worry They Won’t Be Able to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

1 week ago | thecity.nyc | Shifra Dayak

This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Community and charity organizations in New York are gearing up to shoulder the fallout from potential cuts to Medicaid and federal food assistance. Many in the state are wondering: Can they actually fill the gap?
Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

1 week ago | thecity.nyc | Samantha Maldonado

A 13-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn dominated by gas stations, storage facilities and auto services can now be home to thousands of new homes in apartment buildings, thanks to a rezoning the City Council approved Wednesday. The rezoning, part of the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, has the potential to yield about 4,600 new apartments to the area, which spans the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.