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In Freezing Cold and Long Lines, Families Wait to See Detained Migrants at Delaney Hall
On a recent frigid evening, visitors outside Newark’s Delaney Hall huddled under blankets while waiting to see family members or friends locked up inside the huge, privately operated immigrant lock-up. Visitors are required to show up to the grim cinderblock building at least an hour before their scheduled 30-minute visit and often wait at least […]
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Comptroller Auditing Troubled Health Benefits Fund for City Workers
The office of City Comptroller Brad Lander is auditing a key fund that pays for city employee’s health benefits, THE CITY has learned, as public sector unions and the administration of Mayor Eric Adams remain locked in a dispute over who is responsible for replenishing the cash pot. For years, the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund […]
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Father and Son Separated by ICE Deported Together to China
A Chinese father and son who were arrested by ICE and separated inside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan last month have been reunited — and then swiftly deported to China. Zheng and his six-year-old son Yuanxin were both deported to China this week, the New York Times first reported. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for […]
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Suit Argues for Free Speech in Privately Owned Public Spaces
Do First Amendment rights exist in privately owned public spaces? David O’Keefe, a retired prosecutor, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an attempt to establish those rights, after a clash during an anti-Trump protest. Privately owned public spaces — or POPS — are areas like plazas, parklets and atriums open to the public, but built […]
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Rep. Elise Stefanik Drops Out of the New York Governor’s Race
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is dropping out of the state’s gubernatorial race, she announced in a post on X on Friday. Stefanik also announced that she will not seek reelection to Congress in 2026. “While we would have overwhelmingly won this primary, it is not an effective use of our time or your generous resources to […]
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